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Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus with coexisting autoimmune thyroid disease in Japan.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Sept 1992
Chikuba N, Akazawa S, Yamaguchi Y, Kawasaki E, Takino H, Takao Y, Maeda Y, Okuno S, Yamamoto H, Yokota A
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes mellitus is known to be a heterogenous disease which is frequently complicated with other autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD). The present study was designed to investigate the clinical characteristics and HLA antigens in Japanese Type 1 diabetic patients with AITD. Subjects were 25 Type 1 diabetic patients with AITD (13 Graves' disease and 12 Hashimoto's thyroiditis) and 32 Type 1 diabetic...
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