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Hyperglycaemia-related complications at the time of diagnosis can cause permanent neurological disability in children with neonatal diabetes.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 Jul 2017
Day J O, Flanagan S E, Shepherd M H, Patrick A W, Abid N, Torrens L, Zeman A J, Patel K A, Hattersley A T
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BACKGROUND: Children with neonatal diabetes often present with diabetic ketoacidosis and hence are at risk of cerebral oedema and subsequent long-term neurological deficits. These complications are difficult to identify because neurological features can also occur as a result of the specific genetic aetiology causing neonatal diabetes. CASE REPORTS: We report two cases of neonatal diabetes where...
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