title: Most type 1 diabetes presenting as diabetic ketoacidosis in Vietnamese people is negative for pancreatic islet cell autoantibodies.
abstract: Eighteen Vietnamese type 1 diabetic patients presented with ketoacidosis were serially recruited from three tertiary cares. They had mean age (±SD) 23.5±4.1years, median of blood glucose [interquartile range] 28.2 [24.3-31.3]mmol/L, pH 7.255 [7.232-7.285], C-peptide 0.265 [0.098-0.472]nmol/L. 61% were negative for both anti-GAD and ICA tests.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, HCM University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
authors.forename: Luong D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Ly
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Twigg
authors.forename: Dung T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Khue T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
mesh_terms: D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; C517652:hemoglobin A1c protein, human; C024211:islet cell antibody