ea0033p29 | (1) | BSPED2013
Arkush Leo
, Williams Emma
, Hakeem Vaseem
Introduction: Children with type 1 diabetes mellitus are at increased risk of autoimmune thyroid and coeliac disease. Reported prevalence figures for thyroid and coeliac disease in this population has been reported in European studies as 38%1 and 110%2 respectively. Current NICE guidelines (June 2009) recommend screening for both conditions at diagnosis, and then screening annually for thyroid disease thereafter. We aimed to: i) estimate preva...