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Genetic characteristics, clinical spectrum, and incidence of neonatal diabetes in the Emirate of AbuDhabi, United Arab Emirates.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Mar 2016
Deeb Asma, Habeb Abdelhadi, Kaplan Walid, Attia Salima, Hadi Suha, Osman Amani, Al-Jubeh Jamal, Flanagan Sarah, DeFranco Elisa, Ellard Sian
Abstract excerpt
Neonatal diabetes mellitus (NDM) can be transient (TNDM) or permanent (PNDM). Data on NDM from the Gulf region are limited to few studies on PNDM.The objective of this study was to describe the genetic and clinical spectrum of NDM and estimate its incidence in AbuDhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirate (UAE). Patients were identified from the pediatric diabetes clinics and sequencing of known NDM genes was...
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