Case report: Autoimmune insulin syndrome in a Chinese female with Graves' disease

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 882-885

  Wong, S T ^b   Ng, W Y ^a   Thai, A C ^b,c  

^a Division of Endocrinology

^b National University Hospital

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bound free insulin ratio; C peptide level; Carbimazole; Insulin autoantibodies; Insulin concentration; Spontaneous hypoglycaemia

Indexed keywords

CARBIMAZOLE; DIAZOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; CHINA; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; THYROTOXICOSIS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; INSULIN ANTIBODIES; SINGAPORE; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030497658     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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