hrp0095fc8.2 | Diabetes and Insulin | ESPE2022

Detection of anti-islet antibodies in capillary blood by the antibody detection by agglutination-PCR (ADAP) technology is sensitive and suitable for general population screening programs

Oron Tal , de Jesus Cortez Felipe , Shtaif Biana , Robinson Peter V. , Yackobovitch-Gavan Michal , Seftel David , Phillip Moshe , Tsai Cheng-ting , Gat-Yablonsky Galia

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 ...