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A combination of plasma exchange and steroids in the treatment of a-lipoic acid-induced insulin autoimmune syndrome
Affiliations- Department of Endocrinology, The Affiliated Changzhou No. 2 People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Keywords
insulin autoimmune syndrome; alpha lipoic acid; hypoglycaemia
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A combination of plasma exchange and steroids in the treatment of a-lipoic acid-induced insulin autoimmune syndrome
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Clinical vignette
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81-82
Published online
2020-12-08
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DOI
10.5603/EP.a2020.0085
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Endokrynol Pol 2021;72(1):81-82.
Keywords
insulin autoimmune syndrome
alpha lipoic acid
hypoglycaemia
Authors
Xiao Sheng
Xinhua Ye
Xiaoqi Shi
Lin Lu
Aijiao Lu
Yun Xue
Yunfeng Du
Jinluo Cheng
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