title: Simultaneous occurrence of type I diabetes mellitus and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: The association of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes mellitus is rare. These two diseases belong to different clusters of autoimmune diseases and it is uncommon for diseases belonging to different cluster occurring together. This is a case report of a fourteen-year-old girl having the above two disorders along with autoimmune thyroid disease.
authors.affiliation: Sir Hurkisondas Nurrotumdas Hospital and Research Center, Raja Rammohan Roy Road, Mumbai 400 004, India.
authors.forename: Surabhi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Meena P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Desai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans