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GENERALIZED GRANULOMA ANNULARE: RELATIONSHIP TO DIABETES MELLITUS AS REVEALED IN 8 CASES
Author(s) -
HAIM S.,
FRIEDMANBIRNBAUM R.,
SHAFRIR A.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1970.tb15704.x
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , granuloma annulare , dermatology , medicine , diabetes mellitus , family medicine , library science , philosophy , computer science , endocrinology , linguistics
Summary Clinical or chemical (latent) diabetes was discovered in 7 of 8 patients with generalized granuloma annulare; all were women. The average age of onset of their disease was 50 years. Treatment with chlorpropamide and low carbohydrate diet seemed to alleviate the skin manifestations in 6 of 7 patients so treated.