ESPE Abstracts

Background: Mitochondrial disease is an uncommon cause of diabetes mellitus and hypoparathyroidism in children. Coexistence of these two endocrinopathies in a child with mitochondrial disease is extremely rare.Case report: An 11-year-old girl was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus due to a blood glucose of 300 mg/dl. Simultaneous C-peptide and insulin were very low, however anti-GAD, anti-islet cell and anti-insulin antibodies were negative. HbA1c w...