Simultaneous occurrence of type I diabetes mellitus and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
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.
Agrawal
Surabhi
S
Sir Hurkisondas Nurrotumdas Hospital and Research Center, Raja Rammohan Roy Road, Mumbai 400 004, India.
Desai
Meena P
MP
D000293:Adolescent; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans