A novel mutation causing DEND syndrome: a treatable channelopathy of pancreas and brain.

OBJECTIVES: Activating mutations in the human KCNJ11 gene, encoding the pore-forming subunit (Kir6.2) of the ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel, are one cause of neonatal diabetes mellitus. In a few patients, KCNJ11 mutations cause a triad of developmental delay, epilepsy, and neonatal diabete...

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Main Authors: Shimomura, K, Horster, F, De Wet, H, Flanagan, SE, Ellard, S, Hattersley, A, Wolf, N, Ashcroft, F, Ebinger, F
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007