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"Neonatal Diabetes: Can Diabetes Happen in the Newborn?"

"Neonatal Diabetes: Can Diabetes  Happen in the Newborn?"


Diabetes in a newborn is called Neonatal diabetes. 
It is a rare form of diabetes seen in infants under 6 months.

It is usually due to genetic defects in insulin production that predispose 
the affected newborn to poor glucose (blood sugar) control.