
May 25, 2002
Research: Causes and Prevention
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Question from Tacoma, Washington, USA:
My son has type 1 diabetes, and I am always learning new information about his disease. I recently read that type 1 is an autoimmune disease and that type 2 is not autoimmune. Does this mean that the cause of type 1 is different from that of type 2?
Answer:
From: DTeam Staff
Yes, that’s correct. type�1 and type�2 diabetes are very different.
JS
[Editor’s comment: See Diabetes Basics.
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