title: Intractable diabetic ketoacidosis due to insulin antibody--response to steroid therapy.
abstract: To examine the effect of steroid therapy on insulin antibody titer in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, we studied a 58 year-old gentleman with recurrent diabetic ketoacidosis. No any overt precipitating factors could be accounted for, except limited pancreatic beta cell reserve and high titers of anti insulin antibodies. Despite the persistence of high titers of plasma antiinsulin antibodies, the clinical manifestations of diabetic ketoacidosis improved greatly by the administration of steroid. Nevertheless, the patient still showed the great excursion of plasma glucose concentration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, R.O.C.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Jap
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Kwok
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Won
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000276:immunology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007330:Insulin Antibodies / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D007330:Insulin Antibodies; D011239:Prednisolone