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H1N1 influenza infection complicated with diabetic ketoacidosis.
The 2009 H1N1 Influenza virus was the first infectious pandemic of the 21(st) century which spread rapidly throughout the world. High-risk groups, such as diabetics, suffered more and showed higher hospital admission and death rates due to this virus. Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) may develop the fulminant picture of their disease after being infected with influenza. From June to Decembe...
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A chronic autoimmune destruction of the pancreatic beta cells results in decreasing endoge‐ nous insulin secretion and the clinical manifestation of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). The clinical onset of the disease is often acute in children and adolescents and diabetic ketoaci‐ dosis (DKA) is present in 20-74% of the patients [1-7]. DKA is a serious condition that re‐ quiring immediate interv...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1971
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.5741.174-b