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[Actual trends in diagnostics and treatment of congenital hyperinsulinism].
Vnitrni lekarstvi - 1 Jan 2016
Staník Juraj, Škopková Martina, Rosoľanková Monika, Klimeš Iwar, Gašperíková Daniela
Abstract excerpt
Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) is the most common cause of severe persistent hypoglycemia in neonates and infants. Early diagnosis and effective treatment (based on the principles of pharmacogenetics) play the key role for the prognosis. The DNA anlysis, which can identify mutation in one of the 11 genes causing MODY, is crutial in the diagnostics. Moreover, The genotype determines also the optimal therapy...
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