Congenital hyperinsulinism: molecular basis of a heterogeneous disease.

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Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) is a disease phenotype characterized by increased, usually irregular, insulin secretion leading to hypoglycemia, coma, and severe brain damage, left untreated. Hyperinsulinism may be caused by a range of biochemical disturbances and molecular defects. In pancreatic beta cells, insulin secretion is stimulated by closure of the ATP-dependent potassium channel (K(ATP) channel)....

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