GCK gene mutations are a common cause of childhood-onset MODY (maturity-onset diabetes of the young) in Turkey.

Haliloglu, B.; Hysenaj, G.; Atay, Z.; Guran, T.; Abalı, S.; Turan, S.; Bereket, A.; Ellard, Sian

GCK gene mutations are a common cause of childhood-onset MODY (maturity-onset diabetes of the young) in Turkey.

Files

Haliloglu_Clinical Endocrinology.pdf (176.83 KB)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/11287/620483

Authors

Haliloglu, B.

Hysenaj, G.

Atay, Z.

Guran, T.

Abalı, S.

Turan, S.

Bereket, A.

Ellard, Sian

Journal

Clinical endocrinology

Type

Journal Article

Publisher

Wiley

DOI

10.1111/cen.13121

Rights

Archived with thanks to Clinical endocrinology

Inactivating heterozygous mutations in the GCK gene are a common cause of MODY and result in mild fasting hyperglycaemia, which does not require treatment. We aimed to identify the frequency, clinical and molecular features of GCK mutations in a Turkish paediatric cohort.

Citation

GCK gene mutations are a common cause of childhood-onset MODY (maturity-onset diabetes of the young) in Turkey. 2016, 85 (3):393-9 Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf)

Publisher URL

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/27256595/

Note

This article is freely available via PubMed Central, click on the Additional Link above to access the full-text.

Collections

2016 RD&E publications
Molecular Genetics

Full item page