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Ketogenic diet in a patient with congenital hyperinsulinism: a novel approach to prevent brain damage

BACKGROUND: Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) is the most frequent cause of hypoglycemia in children. In addition to increased peripheral glucose utilization, dysregulated insulin secretion induces profound hypoglycemia and neuroglycopenia by inhibiting glycogenolysis, gluconeogenesis and lipolysis....

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Autores principales: Maiorana, Arianna, Manganozzi, Lucilla, Barbetti, Fabrizio, Bernabei, Silvia, Gallo, Giorgia, Cusmai, Raffaella, Caviglia, Stefania, Dionisi-Vici, Carlo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4581011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26399329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13023-015-0342-6