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The use of glimepiride for the treatment of neonatal diabetes mellitus caused by a novel mutation of the ABCC8 gene.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 16 Dec 2020
Qin Xiao, Zhong Jingzi, Lan Dan
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OBJECTIVES: Neonatal diabetes mellitus (NDM) is a rare form of monogenic diabetes that is usually diagnosed in the first six months of life. CASE PRESENTATION: We report on a male infant with neonatal diabetes who presented with diabetic ketoacidosis at two months and 16 days. A novel homozygous missense mutation (c.259T>G) was identified in the ABCC8 gene. In this case, insulin was replaced with glimepiride at a...
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