A Case of Type 1 Diabetes Followed by Methimazole-Induced Hypersensitivity Syndrome | Zendy

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A Case of Type 1 Diabetes Followed by Methimazole-Induced Hypersensitivity Syndrome

Author(s) -

Nobuaki Ozaki,

Yoshitaka Miura,

Yutaka Oiso

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc05-2087

Subject(s) - medicine , methimazole , diabetes mellitus , type 1 diabetes , type 2 diabetes , endocrinology , thyroid

Viruses have generally been considered to be a major environmental factor in the etiology of type 1 diabetes. Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS) is characterized by a severe drug eruption and multiorgan involvement, and reactivation of human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) may contribute to its pathology (1). This is the first reported case of type 1 diabetes followed by DIHS.Recently, we have reported a case of DIHS induced by methimazole for Graves’ disease (2). This patient developed type 1 diabetes during treatment of DIHS. Briefly, a 50-year-old Japanese male subject …

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