Congenital Hyperinsulinism and Evolution to Sulfonylurearesponsive Diabetes Later in Life due to a Novel Homozygous p.L171F ABCC8 Mutation

• Main Authors: Emregül Işık (Author), Hüseyin Demirbilek (Author), Jayne A. Houghton (Author), Sian Ellard (Author), Sarah E. Flanagan (Author), Khalid Hussain (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Galenos Yayincilik, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) is the most common cause of persistent hypoglycemia in infants and children. Recessive inactivating mutations in the ABCC8 and KCNJ11 genes account for approximately 50% of all CHI cases. Hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia in infancy and diabetes in later life have been...