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Familial hyperglycemia due to mutations in glucokinase. Definition of a subtype of diabetes mellitus.
The New England journal of medicine - 11 Mar 1993
Froguel P, Zouali H, Vionnet N, Velho G, Vaxillaire M, Sun F, Lesage S, Stoffel M, Takeda J, Passa P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND METHODS: Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder. Maturity-onset diabetes of the young, a form of NIDDM with an early age of onset and autosomal dominant inheritance, can result from mutations in glucokinase, a key enzyme of glucose metabolism in beta cells and the liver. We studied 32 French families with maturity-onset diabetes of the young as well...
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