Slowly progressive insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in an elderly patient with Graves' disease

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 943-946

  Saitoh, Takashi ^a,b   Akamine, Naoki ^a   Sakai, Toshimitsu ^a   Serizawa, Shigemoto ^a   Tohno, Hiroya ^a   Horie, Takashi ^b  

^a Eye Clinic   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody; Apathetic thyrotoxicosis; Human leukocyte antigen; Masked hyperthyroidism

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034327935     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.943     Document Type: Article

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