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Activating AKT2 mutation: hypoinsulinemic hypoketotic hypoglycemia.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Feb 2014
Arya Ved Bhushan, Flanagan Sarah E, Schober Edith, Rami-Merhar Birgit, Ellard Sian, Hussain Khalid
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BACKGROUND: Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (HH), characterized by unregulated insulin secretion, is an important cause of persistent and severe hypoglycemia. The biochemical picture of HH is hypoketotic hypo-fatty-acidemic hypoglycemia along with elevated serum insulin. Not infrequently, serum insulin might be undetectable in HH despite the presence of evidence of insulin action (suppressed ketogenesis and...
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