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Sulfonylurea therapy in two Korean patients with insulin-treated neonatal diabetes due to heterozygous mutations of the KCNJ11 gene encoding Kir6.2.
Journal of Korean medical science - 1 Aug 2007
Kim Min Sun, Kim Sun Young, Kim Gu Hwan, Yoo Han Wook, Lee Dong Whan, Lee Dae Yeol
Abstract excerpt
Permanent neonatal diabetes (PND) is a rare form of diabetes characterized by insulin-requiring hyperglycemia diagnosed within the first three months of life. In most cases, the causes are not known. Recently, mutations in the KCNJ11 gene encoding the Kir6.2 subunit of the ATP-sensitive K+ channel have been described in patients with PND. We report the first two Korean cases with PND due to a lysineto- arginine...
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