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Screening of insulin (INS) gene in permanent neonatal diabetes during the first year of life /

Aisha Omar Mohamed Atef Tolba

Screening of insulin (INS) gene in permanent neonatal diabetes during the first year of life / فحص چين الأنسولين في داء السكرى الدائم لحديثي الولادة خلال السنة الأولي من الحياة Aisha Omar Mohamed Atef Tolba ; Supervised Nadida Abdelhamid Gohar , Walaa Ahmed Mohamed Rabie , Marwa Farouk Mira - Cairo : Aisha Omar Mohamed Atef Tolba , 2014 - 117 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology

Background: Permanent neonatal diabetes (PND) is a monogenic form of diabetes resulting from mutations in a number of different genes encoding proteins that play a key role in the normal function of the pancreatic beta-cell. A correct genetic diagnosis can affect treatment and clinical outcome. Mutations in the insulin gene (INS) itself have been identified as a cause of neonatal diabetes. This study aimed to investigate the genetic variations in the coding region and intronic boundaries of INS gene and their genotype phenotype correlation in a group of Egyptian PNDM infants with onset in the first 12 months of age. Conclusion: Genetic screening for the INS gene did not reveal any evident role in diagnosis of PNDM among the studied group of Egyptian children



DNA sequencing INS Permanent neonatal diabetes (PND)