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Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology
Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology 2/2022

01-06-2022 | Autopsy | Letter to the Editor

Regarding “Fatal adrenal crisis due to Addison’s disease arising in the context of autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1”

Authors: Fabio De-Giorgio, Federica Foti, Eva Bergamin, Gian Pio Sorice, Giuseppe Vetrugno

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 2/2022

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Excerpt

We read with great interest the article by Suknuntha et al. in which the authors describe the fatal case of a 24-year-old male with autoimmune polyglandular syndrome (APS) type 1 [1]. We would like to contribute a comment based on our own experience with fatal cases of APS. …
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Cofie DQ, Rogers R, Draelos MT, Olansky L, Scofield RH. Syndrome of type II polyglandular autoimmunity associated with HLA-DR4 in a large kindred, including HLA-DR3/DR4 heterozygosity in the probands, identical twins with identical manifestations. Endocr Pract. 1995;1:395–8.CrossRef
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Metadata
Title
Regarding “Fatal adrenal crisis due to Addison’s disease arising in the context of autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1”
Authors
Fabio De-Giorgio
Federica Foti
Eva Bergamin
Gian Pio Sorice
Giuseppe Vetrugno
Publication date
01-06-2022
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 2/2022
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-021-00439-0

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