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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2018

2 Antenatal and Neonatal Endocrinology

A novel disorder of hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia and polycystic kidneys

ey0015.2-1 | A novel disorder of hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia and polycystic kidneys | ESPEYB15

A novel disorder of hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia and polycystic kidneys

OR Cabezas , SE Flanagan , H Stanescu , E García-Martínez , R Caswell , H Lango-Allen , M Antón-Gamero , J Argente , AM Bussell , A Brandli , C Cheshire , E Crowne , S Dumitriu , R Drynda , JP Hamilton-Shield , W Hayes , A Hofherr , D Iancu , N Issler , C Jefferies , P Jones , M Johnson , A Kesselheim , E Klootwijk , M Koettgen , W Lewis , JM Martos , M Mozere , J Norman , V Patel , A Parrish , C Pérez-Cerdá , J Pozo , SA Rahman , N Sebire , M Tekman , PD Turnpenny , WV Hoff , DHHM Viering , MN Weedon , P Wilson , L Guay-Woodford , R Kleta , K Hussain , S Ellard , D Bockenhauer

To read the full abstract: J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Aug;28(8):2529-2539The association of hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia (HH) and polycystic kidneys has not been reported before. Here, the authors studied 17 patients from 11 different families and found that all patients had a combination HH and polycystic kidneys. The HH was mild and some patients required diazoxide therapy. In contrast the poly...