Open AccessType 1 diabetes and associated autoimmune diseases
Author(s) -
Lara Frommer,
George J. Kahaly
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of diabetes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-9358
DOI - 10.4239/wjd.v11.i11.527
Subject(s) - type 1 diabetes , medicine , autoantibody , serology , diabetes mellitus , first degree relatives , disease , autoimmune disease , pediatrics , immunology , endocrinology , antibody , family history
Common autoimmune diseases (AID) tend to occur together in the same individual and families. Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is caused by an autoimmune-induced inflammatory destruction of the pancreatic tissue and clusters with several other AID.