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Title: Persistent hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia of infancy (nesidioblastosis): A report from Kuwait.
Author: Ramadan-Dina-G {a}; Badawi-Mona-H; Zaki-Mohamed; El-Mazidi-Zaidan; Ismail-Essam-A-R; El-Anzi-Hussein
Abstract:
We report nine Bedouin children from Kuwait with persistent hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia (PHHI) seen over a 13-year period in two regional hospitals. The incidence of PHHI in this inbred community is high (1:20,000); five of them came from two families
Journal: Annals-of-Tropical-Paediatrics. March, 1999; 19 (1) 55-59