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Loss of imprinted genes and paternal SUR1 mutations lead to focal form of congenital hyperinsulinism.
Hormone research - 1 Jan 2000
Fournet J C, Mayaud C, de Lonlay P, Verkarre V, Rahier J, Brunelle F, Robert J J, Nihoul-Fékété C, Saudubray J M, Junien C
Abstract excerpt
Persistent hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia of infancy (PHHI) is a heterogeneous disorder characterized by profound hypoglycaemia due to inappropriate hypersecretion of insulin. An important diagnostic goal is to distinguish patients with a focal hyperplasia of islet cells of the pancreas (FoPHHI) from those with a diffuse abnormality of islets (DiPHHI), because the management differs significantly. The intriguing...
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