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Sulfonylurea improves CNS function in a case of intermediate DEND syndrome caused by a mutation in KCNJ11

Wojciech Mlynarski, Andrei I Tarasov, Agnieszka Gach, Christophe A Girard, Iwona Pietrzak, Lejla Zubcevic, Jacek Kusmierek, Tomasz Klupa, Maciej T Malecki and Frances M Ashcroft

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology (2007) 3, 640-645
doi:10.1038/ncpneuro0640

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Wojciech Mlynarski

 

Wojciech Mlynarski MD, PhD, is a Professor at both the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Molecular Genetics and Immunopathology at the Medical University of Lodz, Poland. He contributed to the description of the genetic background of type 1 diabetes and the role of immune system in diabetic complications.

Andrei I Tarasov

 

Andrei I Tarasov, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Agnieszka Gach

 

Agnieszka Gach, MD, studied at the Department of Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston), and is now a PhD student at the Department of Molecular Genetics and Immunopathology, Medical University of Lodz, Poland.

Christophe A Girard

 

Christophe A Girard, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford. He received his doctorate from the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France.

Iwona Pietrzak

 

Iwona Pietrzak received both her doctoral and medical degrees from the Medical University of Lodz, Poland. She is a Pediatrician and Diabetologist at the Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Lodz.

Lejla Zubcevic

 

Lejla Zubcevic is a Research Assistant in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford.

Jacek Kusmierek

 

Jacek Kusmierek, MD, PhD, is a Research Professor at the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the Medical University of Lodz, Poland.

Tomasz Klupa

 

Tomasz Klupa MD PhD is a consulting physician at the Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland. He was involved in research on monogenic and polygenic diabetes.

Maciej T Malecki

 

Maciej T Malecki, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland. He discovered the role of NEUROD1 in the pathogenesis of MODY6, and contributed to the description of the genetic background and clinical characterization of several forms of monogenic diabetes.

Frances M Ashcroft

 

Frances M Ashcroft, ScD, FRS, is a Royal Society Research Professor. She first discovered the role of the KATP channel in insulin secretion, cloned the Kir6.2 subunit and jointly showed that gain-of-function mutations cause neonatal diabetes.

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