Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 2 (clinical case of Сarpenter syndrome)

Abstract

Carpenter syndrome is a rare autoimmune disease that is associated with impaired function of several endocrine organs (diabetes mellitus, chronic adrenal insufficiency and/or autoimmune thyroiditis). A case of atypical course of autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 2 in a patient aged 47 years is described (the onset of the disease with the development of type 1 diabetes mellitus and the subsequent chronic adrenal insufficiency) against the background of concomitant pathology (peptic ulcer, arterial hypertension, adrenal incidentaloma).

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V. V. Chernikova, O. O. Soloviuk, O. A. Soloviuk

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  • EP ID EP264361
  • DOI 10.22141/2224-0721.13.8.2017.119285
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V. V. Chernikova, O. O. Soloviuk, O. A. Soloviuk (2017). Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 2 (clinical case of Сarpenter syndrome). Міжнародний ендокринологічний журнал, 13(8), 638-640. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-264361