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Early-onset, severe lipoatrophy in a patient with permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus secondary to a recessive mutation in the INS gene.
Pediatric diabetes - 1 Sept 2012
Rachmiel Marianna, Rubio-Cabezas Oscar, Ellard Sian, Hattersley Andrew T, Perlman Kusiel
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We describe a case of neonatal diabetes due to a homozygous mutation (c.3 G>T) at the INS gene, leading to lack of insulin expression and severe hyperglycemia from day one of life requiring permanent insulin replacement therapy. The genetic loss of endogenous insulin production likely led to lack of immune tolerance to insulin, with resultant autoantibody production against exogenous insulin and progressive...
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