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Noninsulinoma pancreatogenous hypoglycemia: a novel syndrome of hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia in adults independent of mutations in Kir6.2 and SUR1 genes.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 May 1999
Service F J, Natt N, Thompson G B, Grant C S, van Heerden J A, Andrews J C, Lorenz E, Terzic A, Lloyd R V
Abstract excerpt
In adults, endogenous hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia is almost invariably due to insulinoma. In these patients with insulinoma, neuroglycopenic episodes exclusively after meal ingestion and negative 72-h fasts are extraordinarily rare. We describe five adults with neuroglycopenic episodes from hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia within 4 h of meal ingestion and negative 72-h fasts. Each had negative transabdominal...
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