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SUBMITTER: Takahashi H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6406504 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Takahashi Hiroyuki H Sakata Naoaki N Yoshimatsu Gumpei G Hasegawa Suguru S Kodama Shohta S
Journal of clinical medicine 20190215 2
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is caused by the autoimmune targeting of pancreatic β-cells, and, in the advanced stage, severe hypoinsulinemia due to islet destruction. In patients with T1DM, continuous exogenous insulin therapy cannot be avoided. However, an insufficient dose of insulin easily induces extreme hyperglycemia or diabetic ketoacidosis, and intensive insulin therapy may cause hypoglycemic symptoms including hypoglycemic shock. While these insulin therapies are efficacious in most p ...[more]