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Precision medicine for monogenic diabetes: from a survey to the development of a next-generation diagnostic panel.
Swiss medical weekly - 1 Jan 2017
Kherra Sakina, Blouin Jean-Louis, Santoni Federico, Schwitzgebel Valerie
Abstract excerpt
Monogenic diabetes (MD) accounts for 1-2% of all diabetes cases. Because of its wide phenotypic spectrum, MD is often misdiagnosed as type 1 or type 2 diabetes. While clinical and biochemical parameters can suggest MD, a definitive diagnosis requires genetic analysis. We conducted a survey among clinicians specialising in diabetes to document the cases with MD. Of 74 clinically suspected MD patients, 46% had...
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