Prevalence of autoimmune thyroiditis in patients with type 1 diabetes: a long-term follow-up study

• Main Authors: Gum Bit Hwang (Author), Jong Seo Yoon (Author), Kyu Jung Park (Author), Hae Sang Lee (Author), Jin Soon Hwang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with autoimmune diseases such as thyroiditis. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of autoimmune thyroiditis in patients with type 1 DM. Methods A total of 102 patients who were diagnosed and followed up (mean age, 8.1±4.0 years) in Aj...