Abstract
Background: Clinical teaching for many years has been to assume that diabetic ketoacidosis is pathognomic of type 1 diabetes. However, this dogma is now increasingly questioned as increasing numbers of people are admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis without the typical features of autoimmune type 1 diabetes. Such individuals are increasingly diagnosed with ketosis-prone diabetes, a heterogenous syndrome where individuals present with diabetic ketoacidosis or unprovoked ketosis but are usually autoantibody negative and have no residual ß-cell function. Classification of ketosis-prone diabetes using the Aß system can aid in diagnosis and treatment decisions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 265-268 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | The British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 5-6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2013 |