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Maturity-onset diabetes of the young as a model for elucidating the multifactorial origin of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Journal of diabetes investigation - 1 Jul 2018
Horikawa Yukio
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Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a form of diabetes classically characterized as having autosomal dominant inheritance, onset before the age of 25 years in at least one family member and partly preserved pancreatic β-cell function. The 14 responsible genes are reported to be MODY type 1~14, of which MODY 2 and 3 might be the most common forms. Although MODY is currently classified as diabetes of a...
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