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GCK-MODY in the US National Monogenic Diabetes Registry: frequently misdiagnosed and unnecessarily treated.
Acta diabetologica - 1 Oct 2016
Carmody David, Naylor Rochelle N, Bell Charles D, Berry Shivani, Montgomery Jazzmyne T, Tadie Elizabeth C, Hwang Jessica L, Greeley Siri Atma W, Philipson Louis H
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: GCK-MODY leads to mildly elevated blood glucose typically not requiring therapy. It has been described in all ethnicities, but mainly in Caucasian Europeans. Here we describe our US cohort of GCK-MODY. METHODS: We examined the rates of detection of heterozygous mutations in the GCK gene in individuals referred to the US Monogenic Diabetes Registry with a phenotype consistent with GCK-MODY. We also assessed...
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