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C-peptide in the natural history of type 1 diabetes
Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews, 03/10/2009
Palmer JP - Type 1 diabetes is diagnosed when the patient's endogenous insulin secretion decreases to a level which results in hyperglycemia. After diagnosis, insulin secretion continues to decline. As a reference for clinical trials trying to preserve endogenous beta-cell function in patients with recently diagnosed type 1 diabetes, in this short review the author attempt to summarize the natural history of endogenous beta-cell function after the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes.
