Type 1 Diabetes

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Diabetes mellitus type 1 (also known as type 1 diabetes, or T1DM; formerly insulin dependent diabetes or juvenile diabetes) is a form of diabetes mellitus that results from the autoimmune destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.The subsequent lack of insulin leads to increased blood and urine glucose.

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Contributors: Prab R. Tumpati, MD