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. 1994 Apr;31(4):331–333. doi: 10.1136/jmg.31.4.331

Hereditary pancreatic hypoplasia, diabetes mellitus, and congenital heart disease: a new syndrome?

T Yorifuji 1, M Matsumura 1, T Okuno 1, K Shimizu 1, T Sonomura 1, J Muroi 1, C Kuno 1, Y Takahashi 1, T Okuno 1
PMCID: PMC1049809  PMID: 8071961

Abstract

We report on a Japanese family with hereditary pancreatic hypoplasia, diabetes mellitus, and congenital heart disease. The disease was apparently inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. The patients in this family had no major anomalies other than those of the heart and pancreas. To our knowledge, this combination has not previously been reported.

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