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Glibenclamide treatment in permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus due to an activating mutation in Kir6.2.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Nov 2004
Zung Amnon, Glaser Benjamin, Nimri Revital, Zadik Zvi
Abstract excerpt
Permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus (PNDM) is a rare form of diabetes characterized by insulin-requiring hyperglycemia that is diagnosed within the first months of life. Recently, activating mutations in the gene encoding the ATP-sensitive potassium-channel subunit Kir6.2 were identified in 10 PNDM patients. Tolbutamide-stimulated insulin secretion, demonstrated in 3 of these patients suggested that some PNDM...
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