title: Varying presentation of type 1 polyglandular failure in India.
abstract: Clinical presentation and course of six patients with type 1 autoimmune polyglandular failure are presented. Mean age of the patients was 17.3 +/- 5.2 years and age at presentation was 10.16 +/- 4.35 years. Four out of six had the classic triad. All of the patients first presented with hypoparathyroidism followed by mucocutaneous candidiasis and adrenal failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, India.
authors.forename: Bashir Ahmad
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Laway
authors.forename: Mohd Ashraf
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ganie
authors.forename: Fayaz Ahmad
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: War
authors.forename: Shanaz Ahmad
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mir
authors.forename: Reshma
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roshan
authors.forename: Abdul Hamid
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Zargar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000309:Adrenal Insufficiency / Q000188:drug therapy; D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000188:drug therapy; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007011:Hypoparathyroidism / Q000188:drug therapy; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D009264:Nails, Malformed; D016884:Polyendocrinopathies, Autoimmune / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013035:Spasm / Q000188:drug therapy; D014953:Wrist; D055815:Young Adult