ESPE Abstracts

Background: Neonatal diabetes may be defined as hyperglycemia diagnosed within the first 6 months of life which is permanent neonatal diabetes or transient neonatal diabetes. They can result from some gene mutations such as KCNJ11, ABCC8, INS, GCK, … In there, the most common cause of neonatal diabetes mellitus is associated with activating mutations in the KCNJ11 gene, which encodes Kir6.2-a subunit of the ATP-sensitive potassium channel (KATP) of the β cell and AB...