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A variation at position -30 of the beta-cell glucokinase gene promoter is associated with reduced beta-cell function in middle-aged Japanese-American men.
Diabetes - 1 Apr 1996
Stone L M, Kahn S E, Fujimoto W Y, Deeb S S, Porte D
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We sought to determine whether a G -> A variant at position -30 of the beta-cell promoter of the glucokinase (GCK) gene observed to be present more frequently in Japanese-American men with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) than in Japanese-American men with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) is associated with impaired beta-cell function. We studied 125 unrelated Japanese-American men (aged 46-74 years; mean 61 +/-...
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