While T1DM is known to occur relatively often in children with GD, on the contrary GD prevalence in children with T1DM has been described to be almost identical to that reported in the general pediatric population, which suggests that screening programs based on periodical thyrotropin receptor autoantibody assessments are not useful in T1DM children and adolescents (24). Here, TSHR is linked to type 1 diabetes mellitus.