hrp0092p1-428 | Thyroid (2) | ESPE2019

Anti-Gastric Parietal Cells Antibodies for Autoimmune Gastritis Screening: A Follow-Up Study in Young Patients with Autoimmune Thyroid Disease.

Calcaterra Valeria , Montalbano Chiara , Vinci Federica , Miceli Emanuela , Regalbuto Corrado , Albertini Riccardo , Larizza Daniela

Introduction: The association between ATD and AIG is very poorly characterized in pediatric age. We review the prevalence of the anti-gastric parietal cells antibodies (APCA) in young patients with ATD and we evaluated the development of AIG during follow-up, in order to define the usefulness of these markers for AIG screening in these patients.Patients and Methods: We evaluated 220 children and adolescents (11.28 ±...