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Alejandro Saleh, MD, PhD
Curacao, Antilles

Arch Intern Med. 1984;144(7):1505.

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To the Editor.

—I read the article by Mazzone et al¹ with much interest, because, for some five years I treated a 48-year-old man with proved pernicious anemia, primary hypothyroidism, and an isolated deficiency of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). Antibodies against parietal cells and thyroid microsomes were strongly positive. A preliminary investigation of his serum samples by Pouplard et al² at Middlesex Hospital, London, was positive for antibodies against pituitary cells. This case will be published within a few months, when more specific tests for ACTH producing—cell antibodies have been accomplished.

To my knowledge, this will be the first reported case of a patient with clinical and laboratory symptoms of multiple autoimmune endocrinopathy. Five years following diagnosis, the patient is well and continuing triple substitution therapy. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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