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[Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction and antithyroid antibodies in type 1 diabetic mellitus patients and their first degree relatives].
Arq Bras Endocrinol Metabol
August 2008
Serviço de Endocrinologia e Metabologia do Hospital de Clínicas da UFU, Uberlândia, MG, Brasil.
Unlabelled: Diabetes Mellius Type 1 (DM1) is frequently associated to Autoimmune Thyroid Disease (AITD). The prevalence of AITD among diabetic patients varies between 3 to 50% and the incidence is also big among their family members, when compared to the population in general.
Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of AITD in patients with DM1; to evaluate possible differences concerning the clinical-evolutive behavior of DM1 among diabetic patients with or without AITD and to study the prevalence of AITD among the diabetes patients' relatives.