A case of chronic hepatitis C developing insulin-dependent diabetes, thyroid autoimmunity and stiff-person syndrome as complications of interferon therapy

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Scavone, G ^a   Zaccardi, F ^a   Manto, A ^a   Caputo, S ^a   Pitocco, D ^a   Ghirlanda, G ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Insulin dependent diabetes; Interferon therapy; Stiff person syndrome; Thyroid autoimmunity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INSULIN; INSULIN ANTIBODY; PANCREAS ISLET CELL ANTIBODY;

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; SIDE EFFECT; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; THYROID GLAND;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 77955173482     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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