| Literature DB >> 29317564 |
Abhishek Kulkarni1, Varun K Sharma, Fazal Nabi.
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BACKGROUND: Neonatal diabetes mellitus is a rare condition. CASE CHARACTERISTICS: A small for gestational age male, presented with neonatal onset diabetes mellitus, duodenal atresia, annular pancreas and gall bladder hypoplasia. OBSERVATION: Observation: A novel homozygous mutation p.K163R (c.488A>G) in the PDX1 gene was found. Parents were heterozygous for the same. MESSAGE: This case highlights the importance of establishing the genetic diagnosis in all cases of neonatal diabetes mellitus.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29317564 DOI: 10.1007/s13312-017-1211-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian Pediatr ISSN: 0019-6061 Impact factor: 1.411