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Prematurity and Genetic Testing for Neonatal Diabetes.
Pediatrics - 1 Sept 2016
Besser Rachel E J, Flanagan Sarah E, Mackay Deborah G J, Temple I K, Shepherd Maggie H, Shields Beverley M, Ellard Sian, Hattersley Andrew T
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BACKGROUND: Hyperglycemia in premature infants is usually thought to reflect inadequate pancreatic development rather than monogenic neonatal diabetes. No studies, to our knowledge, have investigated the prevalence of monogenic forms of diabetes in preterm infants. METHODS: We studied 750 patients with diabetes diagnosed before 6 months of age. We compared the genetic etiology and clinical characteristics of 146...
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