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Permanent neonatal diabetes in siblings with novel C109Y INS mutation transmitted by an unaffected parent with somatic mosaicism.
Pediatric diabetes - 1 Jun 2014
Bee Yong Mong, Zhao Yi, Ellard Sian, Hattersley Andrew T, Yap Fabian
Abstract excerpt
Mutations involving the insulin (INS) gene are a common cause of permanent neonatal diabetes (PND). Although INS mutations typically occur de novo and germline INS mutations transmitted to offspring by unaffected parents has been described, somatic mosaicism in a parent with an INS mutation has not been previously reported. We describe two siblings (one brother and one sister) with PND (26- and 19-yr old...
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