Idiopathic heart block: association with vitiligo, thyroid disease, pernicious anaemia, and diabetes mellitus.
- 8 November 1975
- Vol. 4 (5992) , 322-324
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.4.5992.322
Abstract
Out of 100 patients with chronic heart block 16 had one or more autoimmune disorders-namely, vitiligo (5,) hypothyroidism (4), Graves's disease (1), pernicious anaemia (2), and diabetes mellitus (9). All these disorders occurred with greater frequency than normal and were more prevalent than in a group of hospital inpatients of comparable age. Autoantibodies were not increased. We suggest that among patients with idiopathic heart block there is a subgroup with multiple autoimmune disorders.Keywords
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