The Time Is Right for a New Classification System for Diabetes: Rationale and Implications of the β-Cell-Centric Classification Schema.

SS, Schwartz; S, Epstein; BE, Corkey; SF, Grant; JR 3rd, Gavin; RB, Aguilar

doi:10.2337/dc15-1585

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The Time Is Right for a New Classification System for Diabetes: Rationale and Implications of the β-Cell-Centric Classification Schema.

Published in Diabetes care • Feb 1, 2016

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Schwartz SS

Epstein S

Corkey BE

Abstract

The current classification system presents challenges to the diagnosis and treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), in part due to its conflicting and confounding definitions of type 1 DM, type 2 DM, and latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA). The current schema also lacks a foundatio...

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