Neonatal diabetes mellitus.
Neonatal diabetes mellitus is a rare form of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus that present within the first month of life, lasting at least two weeks and requiring insulin therapy. Intrauterine growth restriction, failure to thrive, fever, dehydration, hyperglycemia and acidosis with or without ketonuria are the clinical features of the disease. We report four cases of neonatal diabetes mellitus; two of them had a transient course.
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Ferda
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Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, and Division of Neonatology, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Baskent University, Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey. ferdaozlu72@yahoo.com
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D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors
D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin