想了解"一型糖尿病" ,可以参考这两个links:

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这个link介绍得很详细.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/type-1-diabetes/DS00329

另外,这个link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_1_diabetes

1型糖尿病的定义:
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that results in destruction of insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas.
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Type 1 diabetes (formerly known as "childhood", "juvenile" or "insulin-dependent" diabetes) is not exclusively a childhood problem; the adult incidence of type 1 is noteworthy — many adults who contract type 1 diabetes are misdiagnosed with type 2 due to confusion on this point.

怎样分型---1型还是2型?
The most definite laboratory test to distinguish type 1 from type 2 diabetes is the C-peptide assay, which is a measure of endogenous insulin production since external insulin has not (to date) included C-peptide. The presence of anti-islet antibodies (to Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase, Insulinoma Associated Peptide-2 or insulin), or lack of insulin resistance, determined by a glucose tolerance test, would also be suggestive of type 1. Many type 2 diabetics continue to produce insulin internally, and all have some degree of insulin resistance.