Per Kr. Skorpen

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Medisinsk klinikk

Nordlandssykehuset Vesterålen

Per Kristian Skorpen er spesialist i indremedisin og overlege.

Articles by Per Kr. Skorpen

Diabetic ketoacidosis following immunotherapy for lung cancer

Per Kr. Skorpen,
Julia Margull

25.02.2019: A man in his sixties was treated with pembrolizumab for non-small cell lung cancer and developed diabetic ketoacidosis. Pembrolizumab is a monoclonal antibody approved for treating several types of cancer. Diabetes mellitus type 1 is a rare adverse reaction to immunotherapy for cancer, and in the...

A foreign man with headache and backache

Per Kr. Skorpen,
Hanne Thoresen

30.03.2017: A man of African origin was hospitalised with headache and backache. MRI yielded surprising findings. Imported diseases must not be forgotten, even in persons who have lived in Norway for a long time. A man in his forties from an African nation was admitted to the medical department of a Norwegian...