Persistent insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in hemolytic uremic syndrome.
A 1.5-year-old Saudi girl with hemolytic uremic syndrome is described. She developed hyperglycemia in the acute stage which required insulin therapy. After a short remission, she developed permanent insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Review of the literature of the occurrence and the pathophysiology of this phenomenon is presented.
al Herbish
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Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, and King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
al Rasheed
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SA
D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant