Neonatal diabetes Mellitus

Ouzlue F., TYKER F., Yueksel B.

INDIAN PEDIATRICS, vol.43, no.7, pp.642-645, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 43 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Journal Name: INDIAN PEDIATRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.642-645
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: No

Abstract

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.