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Diabetes is one of the most challenging chronic and heterogeneous diseases all over the world,[sup][1] affecting more than 10% of Chinese adults.[sup][2],[3] Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), although less common than type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), is the major autoimmune diabetes in humans.[sup][1] Approximately 6% adult T2DM subjects are afflicted with
latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA), a special subgroup of T1DM.[sup][4] The treatment or preventive strategies for patients vary widely depending on the accurate determination of the specific type of diabetes.
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KARACHI, April 05, 2011 (Balochistan Times): No less than 10% of diabetics suffer from the subtype
latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA), yet a majority of physicians are witnessed to confuse it with Diabetes Type Two.
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Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults: definition, prevalence, beta-cell function, and treatment," Diabetes, vol.