Treatment of Insulin-Resistant Diabetic Ketoacidosis with Insulin-like Growth Factor I in an Adolescent with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes

Abstract
INSULIN plays a central part in the regulation of carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism. Severe insulin resistance, in which treatment with large doses of insulin does not result in adequate metabolic control, is uncommon. Such resistance occurs in the presence of circulating insulin or insulin-receptor antibodies,1 , 2 insulin-receptor abnormalities,3 and episodically in patients with previously typical insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM).4