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Treatment of a case of severe insulin resistance as a result of a PIK3R1 mutation with a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor.
Journal of diabetes investigation - 1 Sept 2018
Hamaguchi Tetsushi, Hirota Yushi, Takeuchi Takehito, Nakagawa Yasushi, Matsuoka Atsuko, Matsumoto Masaaki, Awano Hiroyuki, Iijima Kazumoto, Cha Pei Chieng, Satake Wataru, Toda Tatsushi, Ogawa Wataru
Abstract excerpt
A Japanese woman aged in her late 30s with severe insulin resistance and bodily features including a triangular face, prominent forehead, small chin, large and low-set ears, and ocular depression was investigated. A similar phenotype was not observed in other family members with the exception of her son, suggesting that the condition was caused by a de novo mutation that was transmitted from mother to son. Exome...
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