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Clinical characteristics and phenotype-genotype analysis in Turkish patients with congenital hyperinsulinism; predominance of recessive KATP channel mutations.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Jun 2014
Demirbilek Huseyin, Arya Ved Bhushan, Ozbek Mehmet Nuri, Akinci Aysehan, Dogan Murat, Demirel Fatma, Houghton Jayne, Kaba Sultan, Guzel Fatma, Baran Riza Taner, Unal Sevim, Tekkes Selahattin, Flanagan Sarah E, Ellard Sian, Hussain Khalid
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) is the commonest cause of hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia in the neonatal, infancy and childhood periods. Its clinical presentation, histology and underlying molecular biology are extremely heterogeneous. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics, analyse the genotype-phenotype correlations and describe the treatment outcome of Turkish CHI...
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