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Permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus due to an ABCC8 mutation: a case report.
JOP : Journal of the pancreas - 10 Mar 2014
Abraham Nithya, Ahamed Anish, Unnikrishnan Ambika Gopalakrishnan, Kumar Harish, Ellard Sian
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CONTEXT: Neonatal diabetes is a rare disorder with an incidence of about 1 in 100,000 live births. It is defined as diabetes diagnosed in the first 6 months of life and it is vital to differentiate this entity from type 1 diabetes to enable accurate diagnosis, prognosis, genetic counseling and treatment. CASE REPORT: We describe a case of permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus due to a novel mutation affecting the...
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