Article
Clinical features of 52 neonates with hyperinsulinism.
The New England journal of medicine - 15 Apr 1999
de Lonlay-Debeney P, Poggi-Travert F, Fournet J C, Sempoux C, Dionisi Vici C, Brunelle F, Touati G, Rahier J, Junien C, Nihoul-Fékété C, Robert J J, Saudubray J M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Neonatal hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia is often resistant to medical therapy and is often treated with near-total pancreatectomy. However, the pancreatic lesions may be focal and treatable by partial pancreatic resection. METHODS: We studied 52 neonates with hyperinsulinism who were treated surgically. The type and location of the pancreatic lesions were determined by preoperative pancreatic...
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