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Molecular characterization of a novel p.R118C mutation in the insulin receptor gene from patients with severe insulin resistance.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Apr 2012
Alzahrani Ali S, Zou Minjing, Baitei Essa Y, Parhar Ranjit S, Al-Kahtani Nora, Raef Hussein, Almahfouz Abdulraof, Amartey John K, Al-Rijjal Roua, Hammami Rakad, Meyer Brian F, Al-Mohanna Futwan A, Shi Yufei
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CONTEXT: Mutations of the insulin receptor gene (INSR) can cause genetic syndromes associated with severe insulin resistance. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to analyse INSR mutations in Saudi patients with severe insulin resistance. DESIGN: Ten patients with Type A insulin resistance syndrome from five unrelated Saudi families were investigated. The entire coding region of INSR was sequenced. The founder effect was...
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