diabetes type 1.5
September 2003
You might hear a new term, "diabetes type 1.5"...more accurately known as "latent autoimmune diabetes in adults".
Some experts now use this term to describe patients who have similarities to both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
In type 1, the pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin... and patients need insulin injections.
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