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Incidence, genetics, and clinical phenotype of permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus in northwest Saudi Arabia.
Pediatric diabetes - 1 Sept 2012
Habeb Abdelhadi M, Al-Magamsi Mohamed S F, Eid Ihsan M, Ali Mohamed I, Hattersley Andrew T, Hussain Khalid, Ellard Sian
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus (PNDM) in European population has an incidence of at least 1 in 260 000 live births and is most commonly due to mutations in KCNJ11 and ABCC8. However, data on this condition in other populations are limited. OBJECTIVE: To define the incidence, genetic aetiology, and clinical phenotype of PNDM in Al-Madinah region, northwest Saudi Arabia. METHODS: Patients with...
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