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Identification of monogenic gene mutations in Japanese subjects diagnosed with type 1B diabetes between >5 and 15.1 years of age.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Sept 2016
Moritani Maki, Yokota Ichiro, Horikawa Reiko, Urakami Tatsuhiko, Nishii Aki, Kawamura Tomoyuki, Kikuchi Nobuyuki, Kikuchi Touru, Ogata Tsutomu, Sugihara Shigetaka, Amemiya Shin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Monogenic mutations, such as those in the potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 11 (KCNJ11) and insulin (INS) genes, are identified in young patients with type 1B diabetes (non-autoimmune-mediated). We recently reported the results of a test for monogenic forms of diabetes in Japanese children who were diagnosed with type 1B diabetes at <5 years of age. In this study, we tested...
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