RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Plasma C peptide in hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 1096
OP 1098
DO 10.1136/adc.59.11.1096
VO 59
IS 11
A1 Bommen, M
A1 Stanhope, R
A1 Kurtz, A B
A1 Brook, C G
YR 1984
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/59/11/1096.abstract
AB We describe two children with hypoglycaemia due to pancreatic beta cell hyperactivity. Both had low serum insulin but raised plasma C peptide concentrations when hypoglycaemic. Measurement of C peptide is valuable in the diagnosis of hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia in children.