Nodular amyloidosis in a diabetic patient with frequent hypoglycemia: Sequelae of repeatedly injecting insulin without site rotation

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Endo, Justin O ^a   Röcken, Christoph ^b   Lamb, Sara ^a   Harris, Ronald M ^a   Bowen, Anneli R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; BLEEDING; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CUTANEOUS NODULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; DERMATOFIBROMA; DERMATOFIBROMA SARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KELOID; LETTER; LIPOHYPERTROPHY; MACROGLOSSIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; SISTER MARY JOSEPH NODULE; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN NODULE; SKIN SARCOMA; SKIN TUMOR; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE TUMOR; URINALYSIS;

EID: 78649365223     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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