Frequency of Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults in Asian Patients Diagnosed as Type 2 Diabetes in Birmingham, United Kingdom

: 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. Accordin...

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Published in:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2003-11, Vol.1005 (1), p.356-358
Main Authors: TICA, VALERIA, HANIF, M. WASIM, ANDERSSON, ANNIKA, VALSAMAKIS, G., BARNETT, A. H., KUMAR, SUDESH, SANJEEVI, C. B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Asia - ethnology
Case-Control Studies
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - diagnosis
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - immunology
Female
GAD65
Glutamate Decarboxylase - immunology
Humans
IA-2
IGT
Isoenzymes - immunology
LADA
Male
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
United Kingdom
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Summary:: 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.
ISSN:0077-8923
1749-6632
DOI:10.1196/annals.1288.058