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Presentation of Case

A two-day-old girl was admitted to the hospital because of persistent hypoglycemia.

The infant had been born at 34 weeks' gestation to a 35-year-old mother after an uneventful pregnancy. The birth weight was 3510 g. The Apgar score was 4 at one minute and 7 at five minutes. There was no maternal history of gestational or insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. The blood glucose level, measured at the hospital where the child was born, was less than 10 mg per deciliter (0.6 mmol per liter). An umbilical arterial catheter was inserted, and a bolus of glucose was given, followed by a 22-ml . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Clinical Diagnosis

Dr. Ab Sadeghi-Nejad's Diagnosis

Pathological Discussion

Anatomical Diagnosis

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