“SLOW ONSET TYPE 1” DIABETES OR “TYPE 1.5 DM
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Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) is a form of autoimmune (type 1 diabetes) which is diagnosed in individuals who are older than the usual age of onset of type 1 diabetes. Often, patients with LADA are mistakenly thought to have type 2 diabetes , based on their age at the time of diagnosis.
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Can be differentiated by presence of GAD antibodies in the blood that mean it is of type one but occurs late.