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Frequency of Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults in Asian Patients Diagnosed as Type 2 Diabetes in Birmingham, United Kingdom
Author(s) -
TICA VALERIA,
HANIF M. WASIM,
ANDERSSON ANNIKA,
VALSAMAKIS G.,
BARNETT A. H.,
KUMAR SUDESH,
SANJEEVI C. B.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1288.058
Subject(s) - autoantibody , medicine , diabetes mellitus , autoimmune diabetes , type 1 diabetes , glutamate decarboxylase , endocrinology , immunology , antibody , enzyme , biology , biochemistry
A bstract : The aims of our study were to measure autoantibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase and autoantibodies to protein tyrosine phosphatase in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, patients with impaired glucose tolerance, and healthy controls of Asian origin from Birmingham, United Kingdom. According to our findings, 27% (9/33) of patients initially diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus carry autoantibodies to GAD65.

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