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Congenital hyperinsulinism: clinical and molecular analysis of a large Italian cohort.
Gene - 25 May 2013
Faletra Flavio, Athanasakis Emmanouil, Morgan Anna, Biarnés Xevi, Fornasier Federico, Parini Rossella, Furlan Francesca, Boiani Arianna, Maiorana Arianna, Dionisi-Vici Carlo, Giordano Laura, Burlina Alberto, Ventura Alessandro, Gasparini Paolo
Abstract excerpt
Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) is a genetic disorder characterized by profound hypoglycemia related to an inappropriate insulin secretion. It is a heterogeneous disease classified into two major subgroups: "channelopathies" due to defects in ATP-sensitive potassium channel, encoded by ABCC8 and KCNJ11 genes, and "metabolopathies" caused by mutation of several genes (GLUD1, GCK, HADH, SLC16A1, HNF4A and HNF1A)...
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