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Diagnostic heterogeneity of diabetes in lean young adults: classification based on immunological and genetic parameters.
Diabetes - 1 Apr 1997
Dussoix P, Vaxillaire M, Iynedjian P B, Tiercy J M, Ruiz J, Spinas G A, Berger W, Zahnd G, Froguel P, Philippe J
Abstract excerpt
The aim of our study was to investigate the relative prevalence of the different forms of diabetes in young adults and their respective clinical characteristics. Included were 51 nonobese patients (BMI < 27 kg/m2) with diabetes diagnosed before age 40, excluding typical IDDM. Each patient was subjected to screening for glucokinase gene (MODY2) and mitochondrial DNA (at nucleotide 3243) mutations, to HLA class II...
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