Multiple choice

Almost all children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) have serum antibodies to which of the following autoantigens at presentation?

  1. Pancreatic islet cells

  2. Thyroid microsomes

  3. Gastric parietal cells

  4. Nuclei

  5. IgG molecules

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A Correct answer
Explanation

90% of patients have ICA at diagnosis but these autoantibodies gradually disappear; < 10% of patients have them 5 years after diagnosis.