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Using highly sensitive C-reactive protein measurement to diagnose MODY in a family with suspected type 2 diabetes.
BMJ case reports - 11 Jul 2012
Besser Rachel E J, Jones Jackie, McDonald Timothy J, Smith Rebecca, Shepherd Maggie H, Hattersley Andrew T
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The authors report an adolescent who was found to have diabetes on routine blood testing. The initial diagnosis was type 2 diabetes because she was obese, did not have type 1 diabetes antibodies and both parents had diabetes. Highly sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) was low in the proband and her father (≤0.1 mg/l) indicating that type 2 diabetes was unlikely, and that hepatocyte nuclear factor 1-α-maturity...
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