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Autoimmune diabetes mellitus, Hodgkin's disease and Graves' ophthalmopathy in a patient with 8.1 ancestral haplotype.
Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme - 1 Feb 2004
De Carlo E, Tamagno G, Martini C, Maffei P, Rubello D, Luca M, Sicolo N
Abstract excerpt
In this report, we describe the case of a 43-year-old woman affected by type 1 diabetes mellitus diagnosed 8 years before, who developed Graves' disease 2 years after chemotherapy and mantle radiotherapy treatment for Hodgkin's disease. Bilateral Graves' ophthalmopathy appeared four months before our observations. Intravenous methyl-prednisolone therapy was started, but was interrupted due to severe metabolic...
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