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Successful transition to sulfonylurea therapy in two Iraqi siblings with neonatal diabetes mellitus and iDEND syndrome due to ABCC8 mutation.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Dec 2016
Ozsu Elif, Giri Dinesh, Seymen Karabulut Gulcan, Senniappan Senthil
Abstract excerpt
Neonatal diabetes is a rare form of monogenic diabetes characterised by persistent hyperglycaemia during the first 6-9 months of age. About half of the cases of neonatal diabetes are transient forms resulting from mutations in the genes in the imprinted region of chromosome 6q24 and the other half are permanent forms. Activating mutations in the potassium ATP (KATP) channels encoded by the genes KCNJ11 and ABCC8...
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