Varying presentation of type 1 polyglandular failure in India.
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.
Laway
Bashir Ahmad
BA
Department of Endocrinology, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, India.
Ganie
Mohd Ashraf
MA
War
Fayaz Ahmad
FA
Mir
Shanaz Ahmad
SA
Roshan
Reshma
R
Zargar
Abdul Hamid
AH
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