ESPE Abstracts

Background and Purpose: Previous studies have shown that autoimmunity in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) begins long before the onset of clinical manifestations. Viruses, such as Coxsackie virus, play an important role in the complex and multifactorial etiology of T1DM. Human hair grows by 1 cm per month. A variety of endogenous molecules such as proteins, metabolites and hormones are incorporated during hair growth, so that a hair sample can pro...