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. 1977 Sep;29(3):523–524.

Hypoglycaemic syndromes and antibodies to pancreatic islet cells.

U Di Mario, G Tamburrano, M Iavicoli, W J Irvine
PMCID: PMC1541071  PMID: 338222

Abstract

The sera of ten patients with unexplained hypoglycaemia were examined for antibodies to pancreatic islets. Antibodies to pancreatic A, B and D cells (ICAb) were detected in one patient with an associated gastrointestinal tumour.

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