Open AccessUtilizing the KCNJ11 Gene Mutations in Spotting Egyptian Patients With Permanent Neonatal Diabetes Who Can Benefit From Treatment Shift
Author(s) -
Dina Ahmed,
Soha M Abdel Dayem,
Mona Abdel Kader,
Rania Khalifa,
Dalia El-Lebedy,
Solaf Kamel,
Shereen Shawky
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
laboratory medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1943-7730
pISSN - 0007-5027
DOI - 10.1093/labmed/lmw067
Subject(s) - medicine , sulfonylurea , proband , diabetes mellitus , regimen , pathological , type 2 diabetes mellitus , pediatrics , mutation , gene , endocrinology , genetics , biology
Neonatal diabetes mellitus (NDM) is a monogenic form of diabetes mellitus. Until now, patients in developing countries who had this condition had been misdiagnosed as having type 1 diabetes mellitus and accordingly directed to erroneous, ineffective, and costly therapeutic regimens.
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