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A New Case of Congenital Malabsorptive Diarrhea and Diabetes Secondary to Mutant Neurogenin-3.
Pediatrics - 1 Aug 2017
Germán-Díaz Marta, Rodriguez-Gil Yolanda, Cruz-Rojo Jaime, Charbit-Henrion Fabienne, Cerf-Bensussan Nadine, Manzanares-López Manzanares Javier, Moreno-Villares José Manuel
Abstract excerpt
Congenital diarrheal disorders are a group of rare enteropathies that often present with life-threatening diarrhea in the first weeks of life. Enteric anendocrinosis, characterized by a lack of intestinal enteroendocrine cells due to recessively inherited mutations in the Neurogenin-3 (NEUROG3) gene, has been described as a cause of congenital malabsorptive diarrhea. Diabetes mellitus also is typically associated...
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