Improper insulin compliance may lead to hepatomegaly and elevated hepatic enzymes in type 1 diabetic patients: Response to Yu and Howard [8]

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2094-2095

  Iafusco, Dario ^a   Zanfardino, Angela ^a   D'Alessandro, Lucia ^a   Prisco, Francesco ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 3342976056     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.8.2094     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Yu YM, Howard CP: Improper insulin compliance may lead to hepatomegaly and elevated hepatic enzymes in type 1 diabetic patients (Letter). Diabetes Care 27:619-620, 2004
2. Iafusco D, Stazi MA, Cotichini R, Cotellessa M, Martinucci ME, Mazzella M, Cherubini V, Barbetti F, Martinetti M, Cerutti F, Prisco F, the Early Onset Diabetes Study Group of the Italian Society of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology: Permanent diabetes mellitus in the first year of life. Diabetologia 45:798-804, 2002
3. Iafusco D, Prisco F, Stoppoloni O, Accolla RS, Tosi G: HLA-DQ genotype in early onset insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 12:887-890, 1999