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Insulin autoimmune syndrome (Hirata Disease): Case report in a saudi female patient with graves' disease and literature review
Mohammed Zayed Almutairi, Hazem Abdulmohsen Aljumah
Department of Internal Medicine, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Mohammed Zayed Almutairi
Department of Internal Medicine, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/jdep.jdep_17_19
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Uncommon scenario of spontaneous hypoglycemia after starting carbimazole due to insulin autoimmune syndrome, characterized by high levels of insulinemia and circulating autoantibodies to insulin without prior insulin administration. So far, in Western countries, <70 cases have been published. In addition, more than 380 cases of this syndrome have been reported.
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