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Idiopathic Type 1 diabetes mellitus

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Link to WHO Definition

Idiopathic Type 1 diabetes mellitus – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/702044482

Some forms of type 1 diabetes mellitus have no known aetiologies. These patients have permanent insulinopenia and are prone to ketoacidosis, but have no evidence of β-cell autoimmunity. Although only a minority of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus fall into this category, of those who do, most are of African or Asian ancestry. Individuals with this form of diabetes suffer from episodic ketoacidosis and exhibit varying degrees of insulin deficiency between episodes