Open AccessOsmotic demyelination syndrome complicating diabetes with anti‐glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies and Graves’ disease: A case report
Author(s) -
Tajitsu Machiko,
Yamada Tsutomu,
Cao Xia,
Fukui Ayako,
Nagai Junko,
Yambe Yuko,
Murase Takashi,
Okada Hisashi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of diabetes investigation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.089
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 2040-1124
pISSN - 2040-1116
DOI - 10.1111/jdi.12377
Subject(s) - medicine , pathogenesis , diabetes mellitus , mechanism (biology) , antibody , immunology , disease , immune system , autoimmune disease , autoantibody , glutamate decarboxylase , endocrinology , enzyme , biochemistry , philosophy , chemistry , epistemology
ODS associated with hyperglycemia is rare, with few reports.Immune responses have been recently reported as a mechanism of ODS onset. In the present case, an autoimmune predisposition may have contributed to ODS pathogenesis.