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SUBMITTER: Meissner T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1718690 | biostudies-other | 2001 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Meissner T T Otonkoski T T Feneberg R R Beinbrech B B Apostolidou S S Sipilä I I Schaefer F F Mayatepek E E
Archives of disease in childhood 20010301 3
<h4>Background</h4>Hyperinsulinism in childhood is often caused by genetic defects involving the regulation of insulin secretion leading to recurrent episodes of hypoglycaemia. We report two patients with exercise induced hypoglycaemia.<h4>Methods</h4>Standardised short exercise tests with frequent blood glucose and plasma insulin measurements were performed in the patients and young healthy controls.<h4>Results</h4>Short term exercise resulted in insulin induced hypoglycaemia 15 to 50 minutes a ...[more]