Insulin resistance in an 18-year-old patient with Down syndrome presenting with hyperglycaemic coma, hypernatraemia and rhabdomyolysis

J Intern Med. 2005 Sep;258(3):285-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2005.01541.x.

Authors

E J Hoorn¹, S de Vogel, R Zietse

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 16115304
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2005.01541.x

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acanthosis Nigricans / complications
Acanthosis Nigricans / metabolism
Acute Disease
Adolescent
Diabetes Mellitus / metabolism
Down Syndrome / complications
Down Syndrome / metabolism*
Female
Humans
Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Coma / etiology
Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Coma / metabolism*
Hypernatremia / complications
Hypernatremia / metabolism*
Insulin Resistance*
Rhabdomyolysis / complications
Rhabdomyolysis / metabolism*