INDUCTION OF INSULIN-RESISTANCE BY AUTOANTIBODIES TO INSULIN-RECEPTORS FOLLOWING ON AN ACUTE COXSACKIE B4 INFECTION

Authors
ELRESHAID K ALMOFTI S STEPIC NR
Citation
K. Elreshaid et al., INDUCTION OF INSULIN-RESISTANCE BY AUTOANTIBODIES TO INSULIN-RECEPTORS FOLLOWING ON AN ACUTE COXSACKIE B4 INFECTION, Diabetes research and clinical practice, 25(3), 1994, pp. 207-210
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology","Endocrynology & Metabolism
Journal title
Diabetes research and clinical practice → ACNP
ISSN journal
01688227
Volume
25
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
207 - 210
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-8227(1994)25:3<207:IOIBAT>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We report a case of a young woman who developed hyperglycemia shortly after Coxsackie B4 infection. Her clinical course was characterized by insulin resistance and the presence of anti-insulin receptor antibodi es, without acanthosis nigricans.