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ey0015.2-5 | Atypical forms of congenital hyperinsulinism are associated with increased expression of the transcription factor NKX2.2 and increased numbers of somatostain secreting cells | ESPEYB15

Atypical forms of congenital hyperinsulinism are associated with increased expression of the transcription factor NKX2.2 and increased numbers of somatostain secreting cells

B Han , Z Mohamed , MS Estebanez , RJ Craigie , M Newbould , E Cheesman , R Padidela , M Skae , M Johnson , S Flanagan , S Ellard , KE Cosgrove , I Banerjee , MJ Dunne

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Sep 1;102(9):3261-3267At a histological level congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) is classified into three forms, namely diffuse, focal and atypical. The atypical forms display histological mosacism (heterogeneous populations of islets, which appear to be resting or quiescent and localized to particular domains/lobes of the pancreas) but the m...

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Atypical forms of congenital hyperinsulinism are associated with increased expression of the transcription factor NKX2.2 and increased numbers of somatostain secreting cells

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