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Original Article

Genetic causes of maturity onset diabetes of the young may be less prevalent in American pregnant women recently diagnosed with diabetes mellitus than in previously studied European populations

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Pages 1113-1115 | Received 24 Feb 2014, Accepted 09 Jul 2014, Published online: 30 Jul 2014

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