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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2020

Insulin autoimmune syndrome: A rare cause of hypoglycemia.

Tejas M Maheshwari, Anurag Sharma, Bhagwani Bai Maheshwari

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome: A Systematic Review.International journal of endocrinology · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tejas M MaheshwariDepartments of Pathology and Family Medicine, LLH Hospital Al Musaffah, Abudhabi, UAE.
Anurag SharmaDepartments of Pathology and Family Medicine, LLH Hospital Al Musaffah, Abudhabi, UAE.
Bhagwani Bai MaheshwariDepartments of Pathology and Family Medicine, LLH Hospital Al Musaffah, Abudhabi, UAE.
Christie's · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insulin autoimmune syndrome (IAS) is a rare cause of hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia. It is due to autoantibodies to endogenous insulin in person who has never been sensitized to insulin by injections. IAS is a third leading cause of spontaneous hypoglycemia in Japan and it is increasingly being recognized worldwide in non-Asian population. However, we report a case of IAS in Asian male. A certain class of medication called sulfhydryl compounds have been shown to sometimes cause IAS. Recently a compound called alpha lipoic acid (ALA) has been associated with an increased risk of developing IAS. ALA is sometimes used for dieting purposes. We report a case of 36-year-old Indian male presented with symptoms of dizziness and feeling of hunger with sweating, noted to have low blood sugars on multiple occasions. There is a definite history of ALA compound intake as dietary supplements with multivitamins. Subsequently, he was diagnosed as a case of recurrent hypoglycemia from IAS due to ALA intake and managed accordingly.

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Alpha lipoic acidAsian maleinsulin autoimmune syndromerecurrent hypoglycemia

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PMID33209842
PMCPMC7652200
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