High prevalence of a missense mutation of the glucokinase gene in gestational diabetic patients due to a founder-effect in a local population

Diabetologia

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1325-1328

  Saker, P J ^a   Hattersley, A T ^a   Barrow, B ^a   Hammersley, M S ^a   McLellan, J A ^a   Lo, Y M D ^b   Olds, R J ^b   Gillmer, M D ^b   Holman, R R ^a   Turner, R C ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Founder effect; Gestational diabetes; Glucokinase; Non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; Single stranded conformational polymorphism analysis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOKINASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUTATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALLELES; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EXONS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GLUCOKINASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 10244270657     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050577     Document Type: Article

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