Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disorder with varying degrees of insulin deficiency resulting from an immune-mediated destruction of pancreatic β-cells, usually starting in young individuals with an acute onset (1). Type 1 diabetes can be associated with other clinical, subclinical, or potential organ-specific autoimmune diseases, mainly of thyroid, stomach, adrenals, and intestine, contributing to depict the constellation of autoimmune polyglandular syndromes (2,3). Celiac disease is an autoimmune enteropathy characterized by small intestinal lesions of variable severity (4). In genetically predisposed individuals, the disease is triggered by ingestion of gluten. Celiac disease is diagnosed by small-bowel biopsy and is …
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Lazzarotto et al. (2003) studied this question.