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[Diabetes in infants may be treated with sulfonylurea as a replacement for insulin].
Ugeskrift for laeger - 1 Jun 2009
Lauridsen Mette Høj, Boesgaard Trine Welløv, Pedersen Oluf Borbye, Hansen Torben, Hertz Birgitte
Abstract excerpt
A two-month-old Danish girl was admitted to the hospital in diabetic ketoacidosis and diagnosed with permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus (PNDM). She received continuous insulin treatment until she was genetically tested at the Steno Diabetes Centre. She carried a KCNJ11 Arg201His mutation, an activating mutation in the KCNJ11-gene which encodes the ATP-sensitive potassium subunit Kir6.2 in the beta cell which is...
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