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<Articles JournalTitle="Acta Medica Iranica">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Acta Medica Iranica</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>0044-6025</Issn>
      <Volume>48</Volume>
      <Issue>3</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2010</Year>
        <Month>06</Month>
        <Day>15</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 2: An Unusual Presentation</title>
    <FirstPage>196</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>197</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Hamdollah</FirstName>
        <LastName>Karamifar</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Fars, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Satila</FirstName>
        <LastName>Dalili</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Fars, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Zohreh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Karamizadeh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Fars, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Gholamhosein</FirstName>
        <LastName>Amirhakimi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Fars, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Hosein</FirstName>
        <LastName>Dalili</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Fars, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2015</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>28</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome (APS) type 2 is characterized by the presence of Addison's disease, in association with autoimmune thyroid disease and/or type 1 diabetes mellitus. APS type 2 occurs most often in middle aged females and is rare in children. Here an 11 year old boy is reported with Addison's disease who developed symptom's of diabetes mellitus, goiter, malabsorption, macrocytic anemia and keratitis. APS type 2 occurs most often in middle aged females and is quite rare in children but one should think to autoimmune poly glandular syndrome type II in patient at any age especially in patients with Addison's disease.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/3677</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/download/3677/3652</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
