CASE REPORT
Severe Hyoglycemic Attacks and Remission of Type 2 Diabetes and Psoriasis Due to Acitretin
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Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
Publication date: 2016-01-16
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Samir Shukurov
Bezmialem Vakıf University, Department of Endocrinology, Istanbul, Turkey
Eur J Gen Med 2016;13(1):70-71
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ABSTRACT
An 59 year old women with type two diabetes and psoriasis admitted with severe hypoglycemic attacks. Acitretin use was identified as the cause of this attacks. Two years after cessation of acitretin, she is still in remission of diabetes and psoriasis. This condition was attributed to extraordinary prolonged use of acitretin.