Lipoatrophy in a girl with type 1 diabetes: Beneficial effects of treatment with a glucocorticoid added to an insulin analog

Diabetes Care

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Swelheim, Hester T ^a   Westerlaken, Ciska ^b   Van Pinxteren Nagler, Evelyn ^c   Bocca, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN ASPART; INSULIN LISPRO;

CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LETTER; LIPOATROPHY; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INSULIN ASPART; INSULIN LISPRO; LIPODYSTROPHY;

EID: 84859066459     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc11-2135     Document Type: Letter

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