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Review
. 2010 Aug;21(8):464-72.
doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2010.03.004. Epub 2010 Apr 29.

Neonatal diabetes mellitus: a model for personalized medicine

Siri Atma W Greeley  1 , Susan E Tucker, Rochelle N Naylor, Graeme I Bell, Louis H Philipson
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Neonatal diabetes mellitus: a model for personalized medicine

Siri Atma W Greeley et al. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Aug.

Abstract

Neonatal diabetes mellitus occurs in approximately 1 out of every 100,000 live births. It can be either permanent or transient, and recent studies indicate that is likely to have an underlying genetic cause, particularly when diagnosed before 6 months of age. Permanent neonatal diabetes is most commonly due to activating mutations in either of the genes encoding the two subunits of the ATP-sensitive potassium channel. In most of these patients, switching from insulin to oral sulfonylurea therapy leads to improved metabolic control, as well as possible amelioration of occasional associated neurodevelopmental disabilities. It remains to be determined what is the most appropriate treatment of other causes. The diagnosis and treatment of neonatal diabetes, therefore, represents a model for personalized medicine.

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