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Update in neonatal diabetes.
Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity - 1 Feb 2010
Greeley Siri Atma W, Tucker Susan E, Worrell Helen I, Skowron Kinga B, Bell Graeme I, Philipson Louis H
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Here we give context to new data on neonatal diabetes mellitus, a rare group of insulin-requiring monogenic forms of diabetes presenting at birth or shortly thereafter. Genetic studies are critical in the diagnosis and treatment of these patients. The most common causes of neonatal diabetes are activating mutations in the two protein subunits of the ATP-sensitive potassium channel. These are...
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