Maturity-onset diabetes of the young.

doi:10.1097/00008480-199408000-00022

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Maturity-onset diabetes of the young.

Current opinion in pediatrics - 1 Aug 1994

Froguel P, Velho G

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Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is an autosomal dominant-subtype of noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, characterized by an early age of onset. MODY is considered a model for genetic studies of noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus because of the availability of large multigenera...

Topics

Age of Onset
Child
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Disease Susceptibility
Genetic Linkage
Glucokinase
Humans
Mutation

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