A retrospective observational study of glucocorticoid-induced diabetes mellitus with IgA nephropathy treated with tonsillectomy plus methylprednisolone pulse therapy.
Yoshia MiyawakiTakayuki KatsuyamaKen-Ei SadaSumie HiramatsuKeiji OhashiMichiko MorishitaEri KatsuyamaHaruki WatanabeMariko Takano-NarazakiNoriko Toyota-TatebeKatsue Sunahori-WatanabeTomoko KawabataTatsuyuki InoueMasaru KinomuraHitoshi SugiyamaJun WadaPublished in: PloS one (2017)
Among the patients with IgAN, 20% developed GC-DM during the hospitalization period, confirming the family history of diabetes is clinically necessary before starting GC therapy.