Catalog

Insulin-resistance syndrome type B

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Link to WHO Definition

Insulin-resistance syndrome type B – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/408487090

Insulin-resistance syndrome type B belongs to the group of extreme insulin-resistance syndromes and occurs in the context of immune dysfunction (a well-characterised autoimmune disease (systemic lupus erythematosus), or biological features suggesting an immune disease ). It is characterised by a rapidly progressive nonketotic and severely insulin-resistant diabetes, along with acanthosis nigricans and hirsutism.