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Patients with lipodystrophic diabetes mellitus of the Seip-Berardinelli type, express normal insulin receptors.
Diabetologia - 1 Feb 1993
van der Vorm E R, Kuipers A, Bonenkamp J W, Kleijer W J, Van Maldergem L, Herwig J, Maassen J A
Abstract excerpt
Lipodystrophic diabetes mellitus of the Seip-Berardinelli type is a syndrome associated with insulin resistance and recessive inheritance. We have examined whether mutations in the insulin receptor are pathogenetic factors in this syndrome. Fibroblasts from three different patients with Seip-Berardinelli's lipodystrophy were tested for insulin binding, and insulin-stimulated receptor autophosphorylation. In...
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