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Evaluation of the fetal and neonatal pancreas, particularly its endocrine component, requires familiarity with the normal changes that the stromal, exocrine, and endocrine components undergo throughout gestation. The unique features of the endocrine tissue of the fetal and neonatal pancreas must be considered before drawing conclusions as to their possible causative role in either presumed or clinically established hyperinsulinism.

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  1. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Eduardo D. Ruchelli & Tricia R. Bhatti

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  1. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, USA

    Linda M. Ernst

  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Eduardo D. Ruchelli

  3. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Chrystalle Katte Carreon

  4. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Dale S. Huff

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Ruchelli, E.D., Bhatti, T.R. (2019). Pancreas. In: Ernst, L., Ruchelli, E., Carreon, C., Huff, D. (eds) Color Atlas of Human Fetal and Neonatal Histology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11425-1_6

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