New uses for old drugs: neonatal diabetes and sulphonylureas.

The discovery that their neonatal diabetes is caused by gain-of-function mutations in the K(ATP) channel has enabled many patients to switch from insulin to oral sulphonylurea drugs. Here, I review molecular, physiological, and clinical features of this change in therapy.

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Príomhchruthaitheoir: Ashcroft, F
Formáid: Journal article
Teanga:English
Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: 2010