Is there a lack of a glucose monitoring and management protocol for preventing hyperglycemia and glucocorticoid-induced diabetes mellitus in leprosy reactions?

Douglas Eulálio Antunes; Diogo Fernandes dos Santos; Jaqueline Andreoli Thomazelli; Cassio Martins Leite; Isabela Maria Bernardes Goulart

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0012298

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Is there a lack of a glucose monitoring and management protocol for preventing hyperglycemia and glucocorticoid-induced diabetes mellitus in leprosy reactions?

Douglas Eulálio Antunes ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Douglas Eulálio Antunes, Diogo Fernandes dos Santos, Jaqueline Andreoli Thomazelli, Cassio Martins Leite, Isabela Maria Bernardes Goulart

* E-mail: douglas.eulalio1@gmail.com

Affiliations National Reference Center for Sanitary Dermatology and Leprosy, Clinics Hospital, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, State Health Department of the Federal District, Federal District, Brasília, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8091-7158

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Diogo Fernandes dos Santos ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Douglas Eulálio Antunes, Diogo Fernandes dos Santos, Jaqueline Andreoli Thomazelli, Cassio Martins Leite, Isabela Maria Bernardes Goulart

Affiliation National Reference Center for Sanitary Dermatology and Leprosy, Clinics Hospital, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Jaqueline Andreoli Thomazelli ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Douglas Eulálio Antunes, Diogo Fernandes dos Santos, Jaqueline Andreoli Thomazelli, Cassio Martins Leite, Isabela Maria Bernardes Goulart

Affiliation National Reference Center for Sanitary Dermatology and Leprosy, Clinics Hospital, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Cassio Martins Leite ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Douglas Eulálio Antunes, Diogo Fernandes dos Santos, Jaqueline Andreoli Thomazelli, Cassio Martins Leite, Isabela Maria Bernardes Goulart

Affiliation National Reference Center for Sanitary Dermatology and Leprosy, Clinics Hospital, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Isabela Maria Bernardes Goulart

Contributed equally to this work with: Douglas Eulálio Antunes, Diogo Fernandes dos Santos, Jaqueline Andreoli Thomazelli, Cassio Martins Leite, Isabela Maria Bernardes Goulart

Affiliations National Reference Center for Sanitary Dermatology and Leprosy, Clinics Hospital, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Is there a lack of a glucose monitoring and management protocol for preventing hyperglycemia and glucocorticoid-induced diabetes mellitus in leprosy reactions?

Douglas Eulálio Antunes,
Diogo Fernandes dos Santos,
Jaqueline Andreoli Thomazelli,
Cassio Martins Leite,
Isabela Maria Bernardes Goulart

Published: July 25, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012298

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