Article
Search for a third susceptibility gene for maturity-onset diabetes of the young. Studies with eleven candidate genes.
Diabetes - 1 Mar 1994
Vaxillaire M, Vionnet N, Vigouroux C, Sun F, Espinosa R, Lebeau M M, Stoffel M, Lehto M, Beckmann J S, Detheux M
Abstract excerpt
Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a model for genetic studies of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. We have identified 15 MODY families in which diabetes is not the result of mutations in the glucokinase gene. This cohort of families will be useful for identifying other diabete...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Base Sequence
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Glucokinase
- Humans
- Lod Score
- Male