Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is considered, in general, a disease of children and young adults with normal body mass index (BMI), linked to a genetic susceptibility based on autoimmunity. However, we know that it can be diagnosed at any age and we must differentiate it from type 2 diabetes mellitus.Objetives: To investigate the phenotypic characteristics and the presence of specific autoimmunity in T1DM patients diagnosed in our hospital...