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[MarieB]

hi Anita, welcome to TuDiabetes. You might find some helpful info here

Positive Autoantibody Tests Indicate Type 1 Autoimmune Diabetes

The Really Short Version If you have been diagnosed with diabetes (fasting blood sugar greater than 125 mg/dl) and suspect you may have Type 1 diabetes/LADA, testing for glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies (GAD), islet cell cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ICA), insulinoma-associated 2 autoantibodies (IA-2), and zinc transporter 8 autoantibodies (ZnT8) is warranted. It is important to get the full suite of autoantibody tests, not just GAD (Footnote 1). If a single islet autoantibody or multi…

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