Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the occurrence of autoimmune thyroid disease in children and adolescents at onset of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and to assess whether the presence of diabetes-specific autoantibodies may predict the autoimmune thyroid disorder.Methods: Seventy-three children with T1DM were recruited in the study. Glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies (GADA), Islet cell antibodies (ICA), insulin autoantibodies...