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Science 20 October 1972:
Vol. 178. no. 4058, pp. 308 - 310
DOI: 10.1126/science.178.4058.308
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Diabetes Mellitus and the Gene for Fanconi's Anemia

Michael Swift 1, Laura Sholman 1, and Douglas Gilmour 2

1 Department of Medicine, Child Development Institute, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
2 Department of Pathology, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016

An increased prevalence of diabetes mellitus has been found in relatives of eight probands homozygous for the rare recessive syndrome Fanconi's anemia. Since many of these relatives are expected to be heterozygous for the gene for Fanconi's anemia, this gene may predispose to diabetes in single dose.


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