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Prevalence and cardiometabolic correlates of ketohexokinase gene variants among UK Biobank participants.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Johnston Joseph A, Nelson David R, Bhatnagar Pallav, Curtis Sarah E, Chen Yu, MacKrell James G
Abstract excerpt
Essential fructosuria (EF) is a benign, asymptomatic, autosomal recessive condition caused by loss-of-function variants in the ketohexokinase gene and characterized by intermittent appearance of fructose in the urine. Despite a basic understanding of the genetic and molecular basis of EF, relatively little is known about the long-term clinical consequences of ketohexokinase gene variants. We examined the...
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