ESPE Abstracts

Background: Detection of type 1 diabetes (T1D) at the pre-clinical stage is possible by detecting islet autoantibodies (IA) years before the appearance of symptomatic diabetes. An efficient screening program based on these antibodies will identify children at risk of developing diabetes during childhood. The antibody detection Israeli research (ADIR) is a general population screening program in Israel searching for children with multiple IA who are at risk of ...

Antibodies to GAD-65 have been associated to type 1 diabetes and different neurological disorders, however these diseases rarely occur concurrently. In this report, we present a rare pediatric case of concurrent GAD-65 antibody positive autoimmune encephalitis and type III autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome (coexisting with autoimmune thyroid disease and type 1 DM). A 7-year-old Chinese female patient presented with a 2-month history of idiopathic seizures. Laboratory tests rev...