Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease.

synoniemen: autoimmune diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, IDDM, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, type I diabetes.

Nederlands: IDDM, insuline-dependent_diabetes_mellitus
Pools: cukrzyca typu 1, cukrzyca insulinozależna