Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 2
Evidence: Antibody
Names
APS2
Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 2
Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type II
Carpenter syndrome
Multiple endocrine deficiency syndrome, type 2
PGA 2
PGA-II
Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome, type 2
Polyglandular deficiency syndrome type 2
Schmidt syndrome
Description
APS-2 is an overlap disease that may include Addison’s disease, thyroid diseases (Graves disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis), and diabetes mellitus type 1
Patient Groups
None
Bloggers
None
Prevalence
Rare (no published data)
Typical Age of onset
30 to 50 years old (source: Medscape)