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Anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody, IA-2 antibody, and fasting C-peptide levels predict beta cell failure in patients with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA)--a 5-year follow-up of the Ehime study.
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Apr 2008
Murao Satoshi, Kondo Shiori, Ohashi Jun, Fujii Yasuhisa, Shimizu Ikki, Fujiyama Masao, Ohno Keizo, Takada Yasuharu, Nakai Kazuaki, Yamane Yukio, Osawa Haruhiko, Makino Hideichi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To clarify the natural course and factors involved in beta cell failure in Japanese latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Insulin secretion in 57 LADA patients identified from among 4980 adult-onset diabetic patients in a hospital-based Ehime study were examined over a 5-year period. Postprandial serum C-peptide levels below 0.33 nmol/l were defined as beta...
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