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Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Definition
Diabetes mellitus type 1 (type 1 diabetes, T1DM, formerly insulin dependent or juvenile diabetes) is a form of diabetes mellitus that results from destruction of insulin-producing beta cells, mostly by autoimmune mechanisms. The subsequent lack of insulin leads to increased blood and urine glucose.
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Also indexed as
Fulminant type 1 diabetes mellitusIDDM - [insulin dependent diabetes mellitus]Idiopathic Type 1 diabetes mellitusImmune-mediated Type 1 diabetes mellitusImmune-related Type 1 diabetes mellitusJuvenile onset diabetes mellitusLADA - [Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults]Latent autoimmune diabetes in adultsSPIDDM - [Slowly progressive insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus]T1DM - [type 1 diabetes mellitus]Type 1 diabetes mellitusidiopathic insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus without complicationsjuvenile diabetes mellitus without complicationsjuvenile-onset diabetes mellitus without complicationsjuvenile-onset-type diabetes mellitus without complicationsketosis-prone diabetes mellitus without complicationsslowly progressive insulin-dependent diabetes mellitustype 1 IDDMtype 1 diabetes