Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The coexistence of myasthenia gravis (MG) and autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) is well recognised, with 5-10% of MG patients also having an AITD1-2. Among AITD, hyperthyroidism association with MG is the most common3. Conversely, MG has a relatively low incidence of around 0.2% in individuals with hyperthyroidism2, 4. This implies a potential immunological cross-reactivity between the neuromuscular junction and thyroid components...

Introduction: Diabetes has been associated with poorer outcomes with COVID-19 infection, but precise predictors of mortality in patients with diabetes remain unclear. We assessed predictors of adverse outcomes in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHNT) hospitals during the first and second waves of COVID-19 to determine if outcomes for patients with diabetes have evolved with new variants and treatments.Method...