[Latent autoimmune diabetes of adult or slim type 2 diabetes mellitus?].

The prevalence of latent autoimmune diabetes of the adult (LADA) varies according to the population studied, criteria used and antibodies analyzed. In a series of 256 patients > 25 years, we found that 26 (10.2%) were anti-GAD antibody (GADA) positive and 16 of them (6.