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Question:

From Greece:

My husband has type 1 diabetes and autoimmune hypothyroidism (probably Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type II). I would like to have information about our children's risk of inheriting diabetes or another autoimmune disease.

Answer:

The risk of hypothyroidism is much greater than the other endocrine deficiency states. Therefore, the risk will be greater than that of developing diabetes. I am not sure how high the risk goes, relative or absolute.

JTL

[Editor's comment: See The Risk of Developing Type 1 Diabetes. SS]

DTQ-20020517050055
Original posting 4 Jun 2002
Posted to Genetics and Heredity

  
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