These patients were usually treated with only 1 injection a day and very little or no dietary therapy. If your daughter has been under reasonable control, I would look for other causes of her problems. If you want to read more about this syndrome, you can go to PubMed and search for Mauriac Syndrome. Mauriac syndrome is a syndrome of diabetes associated with short stature and a glycogen laden liver, and osteopenia in children. It is a very rare syndrome essentially due to inadequate amounts of insulin being given, and used to be more common before the days of long acting insulins.
Growth is also impaired.
The problem is thought to be due to under-insulinisation and resolves slowly if the correct doses are given. Comments and Feedback . Privacy statement .