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Bin-Abbas, B.S., Faiyaz-Ul-Haque, M., Al-Fares, A.H., Al-Gazlan, S.S., Bhuiyan, J.A. and Al-Muhsen, S.Z. (2010) Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 1 in Saudi Children. Saudi Medical Journal, 31, 788-792.

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• TITLE: Unusual Presentation of Precocious Puberty and Alopecia Universalis in Saudi Patients with Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 1(APS1) without Any Other Manifestation of the Disease: Case Report and a Brief Review of the Literature

  AUTHORS: Aida Al Jabri, Aminah Al Essa, Sakinah Al Shaib

  KEYWORDS: APS-1, Alopecia Universalis, Precocious Puberty

  JOURNAL NAME: Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, Vol.9 No.7, July 17, 2020

  ABSTRACT: Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1 (APS-1) is one of the rare inherited disorder that affects both sexes alike. Although in specific autoimmune dysfunction associated with this syndrome found to be more common in females than males. It has specific criteria usually presented at a specific age. The object of this clinical case report is to highlight this unusual presentation of such condition which is the presence of APS-1 with precocious puberty and alopecia Universalis without any associated symptoms of APS-1 and the gene variations that never had been found before. And up to our knowledge, this is the 1st case in our population and worldwide that has such combination and this is unusual clinical presentation. Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1 (APS-1) is one of the rare inherited disorder that affects both sexes alike. Although in specific autoimmune dysfunction associated with this syndrome found to be more common in females than males. It has specific criteria usually presented at a specific age. The object of this clinical case report is to highlight this unusual presentation of such condition which is the presence of APS-1 with precocious puberty and alopecia Universalis without any associated symptoms of APS-1 and the gene variations that never had been found before. And up to our knowledge, this is the 1st case in our population and worldwide that has such combination and this is unusual clinical presentation.