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Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA)

For Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) we have a term and definition in Diabetes.



Latent Autoimmune Diabetes In Adults (Lada) (Diabetes)

Autoimmune diabetes (Type 1A diabetes) occurring in individuals who are older than the usual age of onset of type 1 diabetes (that is, over 30 years of age at diagnosis). Sometimes, patients with LADA are mistakenly thought to have Type 2 diabetes, based on their age at the time of diagnosis. However, positive antibody tests would help make the diagnosis of LADA.


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