Simultaneous occurrence of type I diabetes mellitus and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Indian Pediatr. 2003 Jun;40(6):568-71.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Arthritis, Juvenile / complications*
  • Arthritis, Juvenile / immunology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / complications*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / immunology
  • Female
  • Humans