Article
Insights in congenital hyperinsulinism.
Endocrine development - 1 Jan 2007
Hussain Khalid
Abstract excerpt
Congenital hyperinsulinism is characterized by the unregulated secretion of insulin from pancreatic Beta-cells. The inappropriate insulin secretion causes severe and persistent hypoglycaemia, which is a potent cause of brain damage if inappropriately managed. So far mutations in 5 different genes have been described which lead to inappropriate insulin secretion. The most common cause of congenital hyperinsulinism...
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