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Diazoxide-unresponsive congenital hyperinsulinism in children with dominant mutations of the β-cell sulfonylurea receptor SUR1.
Diabetes - 1 Jun 2011
Macmullen Courtney M, Zhou Qing, Snider Kara E, Tewson Paul H, Becker Susan A, Aziz Ali Rahim, Ganguly Arupa, Shyng Show-Ling, Stanley Charles A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Congenital hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia is a group of genetic disorders of insulin secretion most commonly associated with inactivating mutations of the β-cell ATP-sensitive K(+) channel (K(ATP) channel) genes ABCC8 (SUR1) and KCNJ11 (Kir6.2). Recessive mutations of these genes cause hyperinsulinism that is unresponsive to treatment with diazoxide, a channel agonist. Dominant K(ATP) mutations have...
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