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Identification of mutations in the hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1 alpha gene in Japanese subjects with IDDM.
Diabetes - 1 Oct 1997
Yamada S, Nishigori H, Onda H, Utsugi T, Yanagawa T, Maruyama T, Onigata K, Nagashima K, Nagai R, Morikawa A, Takeuchi T, Takeda J
Abstract excerpt
One form of maturity-onset diabetes of the young, MODY3, is characterized by a severe insulin secretory defect, compared with MODY2, a glucokinase-deficient diabetes. It has recently been shown that mutations of the gene encoding the transcription factor hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1 alpha cause MODY3. Because of the rapid progress to overt diabetes and the high prevalence of required insulin treatment in...
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