Hepatomegaly and type 1 diabetes: a clinical case of Mauriac's syndrome

• Main Authors: Fortunato Lombardo (Author), Stefano Passanisi (Author), Albino Gasbarro (Author), Giovanni Tuccari (Author), Antonio Ieni (Author), Giuseppina Salzano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hepatic glycogenosis is characterized by excessive glycogen accumulation in hepatocytes and represents a complication of poor controlled type 1 diabetes. It can be caused by excessive insulin doses or recurrent ketoacidosis episodes. Mauriac's syndrome is a rare disease, whi...