Hypoalaninemia: a concomitant of ketotic hypoglycemia
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(Idiopathic) Ketotic hypoglycemia in children
Idiopathic Ketotic Hypoglycemia is the most common non-iatrogenic cause of hypoglycemia in children beyond infancy. It improves with age and is rare after puberty. Early morning hypoglycemia, responding promptly to glucose, is a typical presentation. Etiology of hypoglycemia is unclear; deficiency of gluconeogenic substrate (hypoalaninemia) has been widely proposed. Idiopathic Ketotic Hypoglyce...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Investigation
سال: 1972
ISSN: 0021-9738
DOI: 10.1172/jci106940