Insulin autoimmune syndrome: A rare cause of hypoglycaemia not to be overlooked

Diabetes and Metabolism

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 429-431

  Virally, M L ^a   Timsit, J ^b   Chanson, Ph ^c   Warnet, A ^a   Guillausseau, P J ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Caucasian; Graves' disease; Hypoglycemia; Insulin autoantibodies; Insulin autoimmune syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN ALLERGY; MALE;

ANTITHYROID AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; C-PEPTIDE; CARBIMAZOLE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; PARIS; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032735332     PISSN: 03381684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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