Open AccessAdult-Onset Nesidioblastosis Causing Hypoglycemia
Author(s) -
Ronald Witteles
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3644
pISSN - 0004-0010
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.136.6.656
Subject(s) - nesidioblastosis , medicine , hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia , hypoglycemia , asymptomatic , pancreatectomy , surgery , pediatrics , insulin , pancreas
Nesidioblastosis is an important cause of adult hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, and control of this disorder can often be obtained with a 70% distal pancreatectomy.
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