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Jose Americo Fernandes Filho1, Brandon M Nathan, Mark R Palmert
1Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
Abstract:
We report the case of a 13-year-old boy with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus who developed severe diabetic amyotrophy, which progressed over a few months but demonstrated rapid recovery after administration of intravenous immunoglobulin. This report highlights the importance of monitoring adolescents for even the rare neurologic complications of diabetes mellitus most commonly encountered in adults, and supports the need for well-designed trials using immunomodulatory therapies in diabetic amyotrophy.
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