Allergy to Insulin Glargine: A Case Report
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We present here a 12-year-old girl with type 1 diabetes and allergy to insulin glargine with no allergy to other types of insulin. Patient developed generalized pinpoint erythematous skin rash with marked pruritus that resolved completely by switching glargine to NPH insulin. This is the first report of selective allergy to insulin glargine in English literatures.
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