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A novel hepatocyte nuclear factor-1β (MODY 5) gene mutation in a Romanian boy with pancreatic calcifications, renal and hepatic dysfunction.
Georgian medical news - 1 Apr 2011
Banin P, Giovannini M, Raimondi F, D'Annunzio G, Sala S, Salina A, Aloi C, De Sanctis V
Abstract excerpt
We report a 12-years-old Romanian boy with a diagnosis of diabetes and renal insufficiency. Mutations in homeodomain-containing transcription factor hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF-1β) have been reported in association with maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY 5) and early maturity-onset diabetes, progressive non-diabetic renal dysfunction and bilateral renal cysts. We found a new heterozygous mutation in...
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