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Co-inheritance of two ABCC8 mutations causing an unresponsive congenital hyperinsulinism: clinical and functional characterization of two novel ABCC8 mutations.
Gene - 1 Mar 2013
Faletra Flavio, Snider Kara, Shyng Show-Ling, Bruno Irene, Athanasakis Emmanouil, Gasparini Paolo, Dionisi-Vici Carlo, Ventura Alessandro, Zhou Qing, Stanley Charles A, Burlina Alberto
Abstract excerpt
Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) occurs as a consequence of unregulated insulin secretion from the pancreatic beta-cells. Severe recessive mutations and milder dominant mutations have been described in the ABCC8 and KCNJ11 genes encoding SUR1 and Kir6.2 subunits of the beta-cell ATP-sensitive K(+...
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