Insulin autoimmune syndrome induced by α-lipoic acid in a Caucasian woman: Case report

Diabetes Care

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Bresciani, Enrico ^a   Bussi, Anna ^a   Bazzigaluppi, Elena ^b   Balestrieri, Gianpaolo ^a  

^a Manerbio Desenzano del Garda Hospital   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZOXIDE; GLUCOSE; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; INSULIN ANTIBODY; MULTIVITAMIN; PREDNISONE; THIOCTIC ACID;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INFUSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN AUTOIMMUNE SYNDROME; LETTER; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS NODULE; SYMPTOM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; THIOCTIC ACID;

EID: 84860801989     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc11-0600     Document Type: Letter

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