Autoimmune thyroiditis in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus is associated with elevated IgG4 but not with low vitamin D

Korcan Demir, Mehmet Keskin, Yιlmaz Kör, Murat Karaoğlan, Özlem Gümüştekin Bülbül

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OBJECTIVE: To assess levels of vitamin D and of immunoglobulin G subclasses in children and adolescents with type 1 Diabetes Mellitus with or without autoimmune thyroiditis. DESIGN: Among 213 patients with type 1 diabetes, the cases with thyroid-specific autoantibodies …