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The Genetic Spectrum of Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY) in Qatar, a Population-Based Study.
International journal of molecular sciences - 21 Dec 2022
Elashi Asma A, Toor Salman M, Diboun Ilhame, Al-Sarraj Yasser, Taheri Shahrad, Suhre Karsten, Abou-Samra Abdul Badi, Albagha Omar M E
Abstract excerpt
Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a rare monogenic form of diabetes mellitus. In this study, we estimated the prevalence and genetic spectrum of MODY in the Middle Eastern population of Qatar using whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of 14,364 subjects from the population-based Qatar biobank (QBB) cohort. We focused our investigations on 14 previously identified genes ascribed to the cause of MODY and two...
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