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Permanent neonatal diabetes: different aetiology in Arabs compared to Europeans.
Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Aug 2012
Habeb Abdelhadi M, Flanagan Sarah E, Deeb Asma, Al-Alwan Ibrahim, Alawneh Hussain, Balafrej Angham A L, Mutair Angam, Hattersley Andrew T, Hussain Khalid, Ellard Sian
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OBJECTIVE: Mutations in the KCNJ11 and ABCC8 genes that encode the pancreatic K(ATP) channel are the commonest cause of permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus (PNDM). The authors aimed to define the genetic causes of PNDM in a large cohort of Arab patients and compare them with a British cohort tested in the same laboratory. DESIGN: Retrospective observational study. SETTING: International genetics centre....
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