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Hypoglycaemia due to insulin autoimmune syndrome: report of two cases with characterisation of HLA alleles and insulin autoantibodies.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Sept 2001
Cavaco B, Uchigata Y, Porto T, Amparo-Santos M, Sobrinho L, Leite V
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Insulin autoimmune syndrome (IAS) has been reported mainly in Japan and so far only 27 IAS cases have been described from outside Asia. We describe two unrelated Portuguese patients with IAS and characterise their insulin autoantibodies and HLA alleles. PATIENTS: Patient 1, a 24-year-old white female suffered an episode of unconsciousness in the late postprandial state and blood glucose was found to be...
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