Article
Facial appearance in persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia.
American journal of medical genetics - 1 Aug 2002
de Lonlay Pascale, Cormier-Daire Valérie, Amiel Jeanne, Touati Guy, Goldenberg Alice, Fournet Jean-Christophe, Brunelle Francis, Nihoul-Fékété Claire, Rahier Jacques, Junien Claudine, Robert Jean-Jacques, Saudubray Jean-Marie
Abstract excerpt
Persistent hyperinsulinism is the most common cause of recurrent hypoglycemia in infancy because of inappropriate oversecretion of insulin by the pancreas. Pancreatic lesions can be either focal or diffuse, and they have distinct molecular bases. We have studied the facial features in 17 unrelated patients presenting with neonatal (n = 8) or infancy-onset (n = 9) hyperinsulinism. Hyperinsulinism was related to...
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