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Diabetes mellitus and concurrent autoimmune disease

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IN a diabetic clinic population of 2,800 patients, 72 had one or more associated conditions, disease of the thyroid, adrenals, parathyroids and pernicious anaemia. Serum from 42 of these patients was examined for thyroid, adrenal, gastric-parietal-cell and intrinsic-factor antibodies. Antibodies occurred more frequently in the females of whom there was a preponderance in this group. Fifty-two of the 72 patients had an onset of diabetes after 40 years of age and 44 per cent of these required insulin for control. The association of diabetes with conditions believed to be of autoimune origin is discussed.

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Drury, M.I., Timoney, F.J. Diabetes mellitus and concurrent autoimmune disease. Ir J Med Sci 143, 42–53 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03004740

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