ESPE Abstracts

Background: Few studies have investigated the association between the development and progression of diabetic retinopathy and autoimmune processes resulting from HLA genotype and the relationship of these genes with islet autoantibody status.Objective: This study explored how serum diabetes autoantibodies are related to the development of early diabetic retinopathy (EDR) in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).<...

Aim: The study aimed to assess the development of early diabetic retinopathy (DR), one of the microvascular complications, in patients with isolated type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) (group 1), type 1 DM with a diagnosis of autoimmune thyroiditis (AT) (group 2), and healthy controls (group 3), which were matched for age, sex, number, and body mass index for comparison.Methods: In this prospective and observational study, gro...