Subtotal Pancreatectomy for Congenital Hyperinsulinism: Our Experience and Review of Literature
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Successful treatment of a newborn with congenital hyperinsulinism having a novel heterozygous mutation in the ABCC8 gene using subtotal pancreatectomy
Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) is the most common cause of persistent hypoglycemia in newborns and infants. CHI is characterized by unregulated secretion of insulin from pancreatic β: cells. Here, we reported the case of a large-for-gestational-age, full-term newborn that suffered from CHI and developed severe and persistent hypoglycemia at an early stage of life. The infant was nearly unresp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0972-2068,0973-9793
DOI: 10.1007/s12262-013-0999-9