INDIAN PEDIATRICS, cilt.43, sa.7, ss.642-645, 2006 (SCI-Expanded)
Neonatal diabetes mellitus is a rare form of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus that present within the first month life, lasting at least two weeks and requiring insulin therapy. Intrauterine growth restriction, failure to thrive, fever, dehydration, hyperglycemia and acidosis with or without ketonuria are the clinical features of the disease. We report four cases of neonatal diabetes mellitus; two of them had a transient course.