Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Zinc transporter 8 (ZnT8) autoimmunity has been established as one of the markers for the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (T1D) along with glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) and tyrosine phosphatase IA-2 (IA-2) antibodies. The aim of this study is to understand the status of pancreatic autoimmunity in the diagnosis of T1D, with special attention to the usefulness of ZnT8. In addition, as a second objective, we study the proposal to perform the assessment of pancreatic au...