DOI: 10.2337/dc07-1318 © 2007 by the American Diabetes Association
Early Glibenclamide Treatment in a Clinical Newborn With KCNJ11 Gene Mutation
1 Children's Hospital Aurich, Aurich, Germany Address correspondence to Klemens Raile, MD, Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Charité Children's Hospital, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany. E-mail: klemens.raile@charite.de
Activating mutations in the KCNJ11 gene, which code for the ATP-sensitive K+ channel subunit Kir6.2, are the most common cause of permanent neonatal diabetes. Recently, a switch from insulin treatment to oral sulfonylurea has been proposed if genetic testing reveals sulfonylurea-sensitive KCNJ11 mutations (1). Until now, hurdles for early treatment were 1) the time until the mutation analysis is finished and 2) the lack of knowledge about adverse effects
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