Secondary diabetes mellitus: late complication of glycogen storage disease type 1b

Autor: Osnat Admoni, Ronen Spiegel, Dmitry Lumelski, Hanna Mandel, Yoseph Horovitz, Yardena Rakover-Tenenbaum
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Journal of pediatric endocrinologymetabolism : JPEM. 18(6)
ISSN: 0334-018X
Popis: We report a 22 year-old male with glycogen storage disease type 1 (GSD-1) who developed diabetes mellitus secondary to pancreatic islet beta-cell insufficiency. Diabetes mellitus should be considered among the late complications of GSD-1. The pathogenesis of the conversion, from a disease characterized by hypoglycemia to a disease dominated by hyperglycemia, is discussed.
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