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Ketosis-Prone Type 2 Diabetes in a Veteran Population

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Ketosis-prone type 2 diabetes is a unique and underrecognized clinical entity characterized by new adult onset of diabetes with severe hyperglycemia and ketosis similar to type 1 diabetes, but with clinical and biological features typical of type 2 diabetes (1). Hyperglycemic crisis with ketosis in these individuals appears to be related to acute and reversible b-cell dysfunction with subsequent insulin independence and acceptable glycemic control on diet and/or oral agents during follow-up (2). In our retrospective study spanning

Source: Diabetes Care

DOI: 10.2337/dc13-2824

Authors: Gelsey Goodstein, Anna Milanesi, Jane E. Weinreb

Institutions: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, University of California, Los Angeles

Language: English

Topic: Diabetes Management and Research

Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases