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Question from New York, USA:

In autoimmune type 1 diabetes, are all of the islets of Langerhans attacked?

Answer:

From: DTeam Staff

When a person develops type�1A (autoimmune) diabetes, there are still some functioning islet cells, but they are not able to make enough insulin. In time, the number of functioning islet cells is reduced to zero.

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