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Familial hyperinsulinism and pancreatic beta-cell ATP-sensitive potassium channels.
Kidney international - 1 Mar 2000
Sharma N, Crane A, Gonzalez G, Bryan J, Aguilar-Bryan L
Abstract excerpt
Familial hyperinsulinism, also known as persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy (PHHI), is a genetic disease characterized by mild to severe hypoglycemia in the presence of inappropriately high levels of insulin. The recessive form is caused by mutations in the adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP)-sensitive K+ channel (KATP channel) present in the plasma membrane of pancreatic beta-cells. This channel is...
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