Article
[Congenital hyperinsulinism in newborn and infant].
Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie - 1 Nov 2005
Giurgea I, Ribeiro M-J, Boddaert N, Touati G, Robert J-J, Saudubray J-M, Jaubert F, Bellanné-Chantelot C, Brunelle F, Nihoul-Fékété C, de Lonlay P
Abstract excerpt
Congenital hyperinsulinism (HI) is the most important cause of hypoglycaemia in early infancy. The inappropriate oversecretion of insulin is responsible for profound hypoglycaemias requiring aggressive treatment to prevent severe and irreversible brain damage. Several classifications of HI can be attempted, based on: 1) the onset of hypoglycemia in the neonatal period or later in infancy; 2) the histological...
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