Congenital hyperinsulinism classification
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Overview
Overview
Classification
Classification
- Transient neonatal hyperinsulinism
- Focal hyperinsulinism
- Diffuse hyperinsulinism
- Autosomal recessive forms
- SUR1 mutations
- Kir6.2 mutations
- Autosomal dominant forms
- Glucokinase gain-of-function mutations
- Hyperammonemic hyperinsulinism (glutamate dehydrogenase gain-of-function mutations)
- Short chain acyl coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency
- Carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome
- Autosomal recessive forms
- Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (thought to be due to hyperinsulinism but pathophysiology still uncertain: 11p15 mutation or IGF2 excess)
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