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A novel sodium–glucose co-transporter 2 gene (SGLT2) mutation contributes to the abnormal expression of SGLT2 in renal tissues in familial renal glucosuria

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This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (#81160087) and the Natural Science Fund of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (#2010BS1102).

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L. Yu and P. Hou are co-first authors and have contributed equally to the work.

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Yu, L., Hou, P., Lv, JC. et al. A novel sodium–glucose co-transporter 2 gene (SGLT2) mutation contributes to the abnormal expression of SGLT2 in renal tissues in familial renal glucosuria. Int Urol Nephrol 46, 2237–2238 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-014-0755-5

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