Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) Etiology of IDDM Type 1 diabetes has been shown to be the result of an autoimmune reaction to antigens of the islet cells of the pancreas
Four major types of diabetes have been defined: insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and ...