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Published in: Acta Diabetologica 4/2019

01-04-2019 | Letter to the Editor

Nivolumab-induced fulminant type 1 diabetes (T1D): the first Italian case report with long follow-up and flash glucose monitoring

Authors: Francesco Tassone, Ida Colantonio, Elena Gamarra, Laura Gianotti, Claudia Baffoni, Giampaolo Magro, Giorgio Borretta

Published in: Acta Diabetologica | Issue 4/2019

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Nivolumab, an Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI) against programmed death-1 receptors expressed on T-lymphocytes, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of multiple cancers such as Non-squamous Cell Lung Cancer [1]. There are some concerns on this class of ICIs about immune-related adverse events, including thyroid dysfunction, hypophysitis, adrenal insufficiency and autoimmune diabetes mellitus (DM) [1]. …
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Title
Nivolumab-induced fulminant type 1 diabetes (T1D): the first Italian case report with long follow-up and flash glucose monitoring
Authors
Francesco Tassone
Ida Colantonio
Elena Gamarra
Laura Gianotti
Claudia Baffoni
Giampaolo Magro
Giorgio Borretta
Publication date
01-04-2019
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
Acta Diabetologica / Issue 4/2019
Print ISSN: 0940-5429
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5233
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-018-1246-4

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