- autoimmune hypoglycemia
- hypoglycemia caused by autoantibodies to insulin or occasionally by autoantibodies to insulin receptors; see insulin autoimmune syndrome, under syndrome.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
autoimmune hypoglycemia
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