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. 2000 Mar;82(2):F108–F112. doi: 10.1136/fn.82.2.F108

Persistent hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia of infancy: a heterogeneous syndrome unrelated to nesidioblastosis

J Rahier, Y Guiot, C Sempoux
PMCID: PMC1721069  PMID: 10685982

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