Non Typical Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Onset in a Child With Salt-Wasting Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Federica Rodofile,
Francesca Franco,
Nicoletta Buccino
et al.
Abstract:Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) are 2 complex endocrine disorders with neighboring genetic loci. We present a case of T1DM onset in a 6-year-old child, already affected by 21-hydroxylase deficiency (salt-wasting CAH) diagnosed at 18 days of age, who was referred to our clinic because of typical symptoms of diabetes despite nondiagnostic fasting blood glucose values. Further analysis revealed elevated glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), low C-peptide, and specific autoantibodie… Show more
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