IMPE Abstracts

Background: Emerging scientific evidence has revealed the connection between iron metabolism and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The liver is the major iron storage organ and is considered a marker of total body iron stores. Liver biopsy is invasive and biased, therefore iron measurement by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has emerged as a widely accepted method. Actually, there are no studies evaluating the presence of hepatic iron overload in patients with youth-o...