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ea0045oc8.1 | Oral Communications 8- Diabetes | BSPED2016

Coeliac disease screening in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus: Is it time for a new approach?

Makaya Taffy , Patel Sejal , Duckworth Eleanor

Objectives: Recently updated NICE guidelines (2015) on coeliac screening for children with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) recommend just one initial screen for coeliac disease (CD) at the time of T1DM diagnosis and thereafter only if symptomatic. This is in contrast to the recommendation for on-going annual screening for autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD). Our unit has historically performed annual screening for both ATD and CD. Our study aimed to establish whe...