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Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α gene mutation associated with familial neonatal hyperinsulinism and maturity-onset diabetes of the young.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 May 2011
Pingul Mia M, Hughes Nkecha, Wu Anthony, Stanley Charles A, Gruppuso Philip A
Abstract excerpt
Neonatal macrosomia and hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia with strong family history of diabetes may indicate monogenic diabetes. Here we report a family in which 4 individuals in 3 generations were found to have a mutation (Arg80Gln) in hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α. Genetic testing was a factor in choosing sulfonylurea therapy for diabetes.
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