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The Second Activating Glucokinase Mutation (A456V)
1 Apr 2002
Abstract excerpt
In this study, a second case of hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia due to activation of glucokinase is reported. The 14-year-old proband had a history of neonatal hypoglycemia, treated with diazoxide. He was admitted with coma and convulsions due to nonketotic hypoglycemia. His BMI was 34 kg/m(2), and his fasting blood glucose ranged from 2.1 to 2.7 mmol/l, associated with inappropriately high serum levels of insulin,...
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