A case of monoclonal insulin autoimmune syndrome with a suspected 20-year history: Effect of one-year administration of prednisolone on insulin autoantibodies

Journal of the Japan Diabetes Society

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-49

  Miyake, Takafumi ^a   Tsujimura, Fumihiro ^a   Ito, Yuji ^b  

^a Meinan Hospital   (Japan)

^b Nagoya Kita Hospital   (Japan)

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EID: 61749087304     PISSN: 0021437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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