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SUBMITTER: Yen CF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5442909 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ci ji yi xue za zhi = Tzu-chi medical journal 20160527 4
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 unresponsive to medical treatment, which included continuous intravenous glucagon infusion, oral diazoxide, a ...[more]