Possible relevance of HLA-DRB1 *0403 haplotype in insulin autoimmune syndrome induced by α-lipoic acid, used as a dietary supplement [4]

Diabetes Care

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Yamada, Tetsuya ^a   Imai, Junta ^a   Ishigaki, Yasushi ^a   Hinokio, Yoshinori ^a   Oka, Yoshitomo ^a   Katagiri, Hideki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INSULIN; INSULIN ANTIBODY; THIOCTIC ACID;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN AUTOIMMUNE SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INSULIN; THIOCTIC ACID;

EID: 37149033778     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc07-1636     Document Type: Letter

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