Insulin autoimmune syndrome (Hirata Disease) in European Caucasians taking α‐lipoic acid

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OBJECTIVE: Lipoic acid (LA) is a widely used nutritional supplement and is sometimes used as an adjuvant treatment for diabetic neuropathy and other conditions. Insulin autoimmune syndrome (IAS, Hirata disease) is a rare cause of spontaneous hypoglycaemia, extremely high serum insulin levels and high titres of autoantibodies against endogenous insulin despite no prior exposure to exogenous insulin. In Japanese...

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