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In a cell study, the immunoglobulins isolated from this patient exerted insulin-like effects on stimulation of post-insulin receptor signaling and glucose uptake as well as inhibited <jats:sup>125<\/jats:sup>I-insulin binding with insulin receptors. Collectively, this patient was diagnosed with IRAb-induced autoimmune hypoglycaemia. Although this patient had no obvious immune disorders, several autoantibodies were identified in his plasma samples, suggesting the patient might have mild aberrant autoimmunity and therefore generated IRAb. IRAb-related disease is uncommon and possibly underdiagnosed or missed due to the lack of simple detection methods for IRAb. 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