Postprandial hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia and type 1 diabetes mellitus

A patient with severe postprandial hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia (PPHH) for 4 years developed type 1 diabetes mellitus. She had no insulin or insulin receptor antibodies but was positive for islet cell and glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) antibodies. PPHH prior to the onset of type 1 diabetes mel...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 2007-08, Vol.92 (8), p.714-715
Main Authors: Poon, Myra, Hussain, Khalid
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Age
Autoantibodies - immunology
Autoimmune diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Body Weight
Case Report
Case studies
Causes of
Child
Development and progression
Diabetes
diabetes mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - complications
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - immunology
Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance
Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases)
Endocrinopathies
Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance
Fasting
Female
Food
GAD
General aspects
Glucose
Glucose Tolerance Test
Glutamate Decarboxylase - immunology
glutamic acid decarboxylase
Growth hormones
Health aspects
Humans
Hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia - complications
Hypoglycemia - immunology
Hypothyroidism
IAS
Immunoglobulins
Insulin
insulin autoimmune syndrome
Iodide Peroxidase - immunology
Islets of Langerhans - immunology
Laboratories
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Mutation
OGTT
oral glucose tolerance test
Patients
postprandial hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia
Postprandial Period
PPHH
Pregnancy
Prevention and actions
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Thyroid gland
Type 1 diabetes
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Summary:A patient with severe postprandial hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia (PPHH) for 4 years developed type 1 diabetes mellitus. She had no insulin or insulin receptor antibodies but was positive for islet cell and glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) antibodies. PPHH prior to the onset of type 1 diabetes mellitus has not been previously described and may be a prodrome of type 1 diabetes mellitus.
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/adc.2006.115345