ESPE Abstracts

Background: Most of autoimmune disease such as type 1 diabetes (T1DM), autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) and coeliac disease (CD) often coexist in the same patient. Although there are a lot of number of studies on autoimmunity against the thyroid glands and small bowel in patients with type 1 diabetes, little is known about pancreatic β-cell immunity in patients with AIT and CD.Objective and hypotheses: We studied autoimmune markers in children patients ...

Background: Involvement of multiple spesific endocrine organs in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), as initial manifestations, are quite rare. These manifestations can appear singly or combined. But they have been usually reported singly. We report a child case who coexists many of rare clinical features of SLE at the same time at onset.Objective and hypotheses: Polyglanduler autoimmune syndrome may be a part of SLE. Coexistence of many polyglanduler au...