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Mutations in the hepatocyte nuclear factor-1alpha gene in Caucasian families originally classified as having Type I diabetes.
Diabetologia - 1 Dec 1998
Møller A M, Dalgaard L T, Pociot F, Nerup J, Hansen T, Pedersen O
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the hepatocyte nuclear factor-1alpha (HNF-1alpha) gene are the cause of maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 3 (MODY3), which is characterised by a severe impairment of insulin secretion and an early onset of the disease. Also at onset of diabetes some MODY patients show similar clinical symptoms and signs as patients with Type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus. The objective of this study...
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