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Detection of KCNJ11 gene mutations in a family with neonatal diabetes mellitus: implications for therapeutic management of family members with long-standing disease.
Molecular diagnosis & therapy - 1 Apr 2012
Abbasi Farzaneh, Saba Sadaf, Ebrahim-Habibi Azadeh, Sayahpour Forough A, Amiri Parvin, Larijani Bagher, Amoli Mahsa M
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BACKGROUND: Activating mutations of potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 11 (KCNJ11), which encodes Kir6.2 (beta-cell adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium [K(ATP)] channel subunit), have been associated with neonatal diabetes mellitus (NDM) in different studies. Treatment with oral sulfonylureas in place of exogenous insulin injections results in improved glycemic control in most...
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