Treatment of a diabetic vegetarian with human insulin (recombinant DNA): a case report.
A patient with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is described. He refused treatment with conventional (animal-derived) insulin since it would have compromised his principles as a vegetarian. Therapy was successfully instituted with human insulin (recombinant DNA).
D000328:Adult; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014676:Diet, Vegetarian; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use
D007328:Insulin; D011994:Recombinant Proteins