Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of the Adult (LADA) in a Brazilian Indian

CONTEXT: Latent autoimmune diabetes of the adult (LADA) as originally described represents perhaps as many as 10 -- 20% of adult-onset patients with diabetes. DESIGN: case report. CASE REPORT: A 38-year-old Brazilian Xavante-Jê Indian with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of the Adult (LADA) is described,...

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Main Authors: João Paulo Botelho Vieira Filho, Regina Célia Santiago Moisés, João Roberto de Sá, Antonio Roberto Chacra, Sergio Atala Dib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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