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Clinical characteristics and molecular genetic analysis of 22 patients with neonatal diabetes from the South-Eastern region of Turkey: predominance of non-KATP channel mutations.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Jun 2015
Demirbilek Huseyin, Arya Ved Bhushan, Ozbek Mehmet Nuri, Houghton Jayne A L, Baran Riza Taner, Akar Melek, Tekes Selahattin, Tuzun Heybet, Mackay Deborah J, Flanagan Sarah E, Hattersley Andrew T, Ellard Sian, Hussain Khalid
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BACKGROUND: Neonatal diabetes mellitus (NDM) is a rare form of monogenic diabetes and usually presents in the first 6 months of life. We aimed to describe the clinical characteristics and molecular genetics of a large Turkish cohort of NDM patients from a single centre and estimate an annual incidence rate of NDM in South-Eastern Anatolian region of Turkey. DESIGN AND METHODS: NDM patients presenting to...
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