Factitious disorder presenting as type 1 diabetes mellitus
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Factitious diabetes mellitus confirmed by ascorbic acid.
We report a girl aged 31/2 years in whom signs and symptoms of diabetes mellitus were falsified by the mother. Evaluation in hospital rapidly ruled out diabetes mellitus and the use of ascorbic acid as a marker enabled us to prove urine substitution by the girl's mother.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.07.2008.0463