Severe hypoglycaemia in a person with insulin autoimmune syndrome accompanied by insulin receptor anomaly type B

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1279-1281

  Kato, T ^a,d   Itoh, M ^a   Hanashita, J ^a   Itoi, T ^a   Matsumoto, T ^a   Ono, Y ^a   Imamura, S ^a   Hayakawa, N ^a   Suzuki, A ^a   Mizutani, Y ^b   Uchigata, Y ^c   Oda, N ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune; Hypoglycaemia; Insulin; Receptor; Syndrome

Indexed keywords

BETAHISTINE; EPERISONE; ETIZOLAM; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; INSULIN RECEPTOR TYPE B; KALLIKREIN; LOXOPROFEN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TROXIPIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN AUTOIMMUNE SYNDROME; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; SCATCHARD PLOT; STEROID THERAPY;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; INSULIN ANTIBODIES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35449001707     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2007.02232.x     Document Type: Article

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