Dermatitis herpetiformis and diabetes mellitus.
Three out of 4 patients with coexistent diabetes mellitus and dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) developed severe renal failure which resulted in death in 2 of them. Diabetes mellitus and DH may coexist more frequently than would occur by chance, and such patients may run an increased risk from severe renal complications of diabetes.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003874:Dermatitis Herpetiformis / Q000150:complications*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged