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Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in an Adult Male Presenting With Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)

Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is a common but not well-studied entity and its features overlap between type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T1D, T2D). Although autoimmunity is a well-known factor associated with this diabetes subtype, environmental factors including excessive weight, p...

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Autores principales: Imam, Syed K, Hassan, Fatima M, Mohamed, Hossam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9932219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36819447
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33847
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Sumario:Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is a common but not well-studied entity and its features overlap between type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T1D, T2D). Although autoimmunity is a well-known factor associated with this diabetes subtype, environmental factors including excessive weight, physical inactivity, and smoking may also be associated with it. It is commonly misdiagnosed as T2D and generally treated by oral anti-diabetes medications that cause a delay in commencing insulin therapy. There are few cases mentioned in the literature of LADA presenting first time as diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Here, we report a case of latent autoimmune diabetes in an adult male who presented with DKA.