METHOD FOR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BETWEEN AUTOIMMUNE AND NON-AUTOIMMUNE TYPES OF DIABETES MELLITUS

摘要

A method for the differential diagnosis between autoimmune and non-autoimmune types of diabetes mellitus comprises the examination of gene polymorphism. When T allele of rs13266634 mutation of SLC30A8 of Zn transporter (ZnT8) is detected, autoimmune diabetes mellitus (diabetes mellitus I or LADA) is diagnosed.