Persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia presenting with a rare complication: West syndrome

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1465-1468

  Orhun Camurdan M ^a   Cinaz, Peyami ^a   Serdarǧlu, Ayşe ^a   Bideci, Aysun ^a,b   Demirel, Fatma ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hypoglycemia; Persistent hyperinsulinemia; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DIAZOXIDE; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; NIFEDIPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANT; INSULIN RELEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB MOVEMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; RARE DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEST SYNDROME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIAZOXIDE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MYOCLONUS; NIFEDIPINE; PERSISTENT HYPERINSULINEMIA HYPOGLYCEMIA OF INFANCY; PHENOBARBITAL; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7244257521     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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