Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Latent autoimmune diabetes of the adults (LADA) is a heterogeneous type of diabetes sharing clinical characteristics of type 2 DM and serum markers of pancreatic autoimmunity detected in type 1 DM. It accounts for 2-12% of all patients with diabetes. The aim of our study is to identify the association between LADA and other systemic or organ-specific autoimmune diseases.Materials and Methods: We conducted an observational study in the outpa...