Vol. 44 (5) 2023 Neuro endocrinology letters

First-onset type 1 diabetes in an elderly woman with multiple islet-associated autoantibodies, and a literature review.

: An 80-year-old Japanese woman had shown no indication of diabetes but regularly saw a primary-care physician for health management. Six months before her referral to our hospital, her HbA1c was 6.0%. She was referred to us for diabetic ketosis because she was urine ketone body-positive with a blood glucose level of 397 mg/dL and HbA1.....