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Case Reports
. 1988 May;12(5):541-5.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1988.tb01974.x.

Congenital absence of insulin-secreting cells

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Congenital absence of insulin-secreting cells

K C Wong et al. Histopathology. 1988 May.

Abstract

A male infant was diagnosed as having diabetes mellitus 1 d after birth and died on the third day. Histological examination of the pancreas showed small and inconspicuous islets of Langerhans that were completely devoid of insulin-secreting cells. There was no evidence of insulitis.

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