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PERSPECTIVES
L’identification du diabète LADA comme nouvelle entité clinique est importante. Tout d’abord le nombre de sujets
concernés équivaut au nombre de patients avec un diabète de type 1. D’autre part, la vitesse de destruction des cellules
bêta, plus lente que dans le diabète de type 1 du sujet jeune, autorise la mise en place de stratégies de prévention.
Actuellement, la plupart des essais cliniques d’immuno-intervention ciblent cette nouvelle catégorie de diabétiques.
L’intérêt d’une insulinothérapie préventive, sous différentes modalités comme une insuline retard ou une couverture
post-prandiale par des analogues de l’insuline d’action rapide, nécessite d’être évalué par des études prospectives
randomisées.
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le diabète de type 1 à marche lente
Ch. THIVOLET