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neonatal diabetes mellitus with congenital hypothyroidism

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A neonatal diabetes that is characterized by intrauterine growth retardation, hypothyroidism and onset of nonimmune diabetes mellitus within the first few weeks of life, and that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in the GLIS3

A neonatal diabetes that is characterized by intrauterine growth retardation, hypothyroidism and onset of nonimmune diabetes mellitus within the first few weeks of life, and that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in the GLIS3 gene on chromosome 9p24.

Signs and symptoms

  • Elevated circulating thyroglobulin concentration
  • Decreased circulating T4 concentration
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Congenital hypothyroidism
  • Elevated circulating thyroid-stimulating hormone concentration
  • Intrauterine growth retardation
  • Buphthalmos
  • Portal hypertension
  • Epicanthus
  • Cholestasis

Also known as: NDH syndrome