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Friday, May 2, 2008

Genetic Study of LADA Finds Genes Associated with Both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

Page Changed: LADA: Slow Onset Type 1 Diabetes with Some Type 2 Features

Added discussion of a new genetic study that found "LADA shares genetic features with both type 1 (HLA, INS VNTR, and PTPN22) and type 2 (TCF7L2) diabetes, which justifies considering LADA as an admixture of the two major types of diabetes."

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