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Horm Metab Res 1983; 15(3): 116-119
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1018646
© Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart · New York

Hyperosmolar Non-Ketotic Diabetic Coma in the Nonhuman Primate: A First Report

D. P. Rosenberg, E. M. Gold1 , S. Prahalada2
  • Primate Medicine Unit, California Primate Research Center, California, U.S.A.
  • 1Department of Medicine University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.
  • 2Primate Pathology Unit, California Primate Research Center, California, U.S.A.
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1981

1982

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14. März 2008 (online)

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Summary

Diabetes mellitus was diagnosed in an aged bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata). Six months later the monkey was found comatose. Laboratory findings of extreme hyperglycemia, hyperosmolality, and glycosuria without ketonuria were consistent with a diagnosis of hyperosmolar, non-ketotic diabetic coma (NKC). Further laboratory studies disclosed very low levels of immunoreactive insulin and depressed free fatty acid values. Growth hormone and cortisol levels were within normal limits.

Key-Words:

Diabetes Mellitus - Nonhuman Primate - Hyperosmolality - Coma