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ea0028p175 | Obesity, diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | SFEBES2012

6q24 Transient Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus (TNDM)-16 years of data collection.

Kabwama S , Docherty L , Cook E , Harrison L , Ellard S , Ennis S , Shield J , Mackay D , Temple I

Introduction: TNDM due to genetic aberrations at 6q24 is the commonest cause of diabetes presenting within the first week of life. TNDM predisposes to diabetes mellitus in later life. We report on the clinical presentation of the largest worldwide cohort of 6q24 TNDM cases.Results: 164 cases were analysed. The mean age of presentation was 8 days with a mode of 1 day and maximum age of presentation of 90 days. On average, babies recovered by 4.5 months wi...