Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young Overview

Rochelle Naylor; Amy Knight Johnson; Daniela del Gaudio

Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young Overview

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In: GeneReviews^® [Internet]. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 1993.

2018 May 24.

Authors

Rochelle Naylor¹, Amy Knight Johnson², Daniela del Gaudio²

Book Editors

Margaret P Adam, Ghayda M Mirzaa, Roberta A Pagon, Stephanie E Wallace, Lora JH Bean, Karen W Gripp, Anne Amemiya

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois
² Department of Human Genetics University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois

PMID: 29792621
Bookshelf ID: NBK500456

Excerpt

The purpose of this overview is to increase the awareness of clinicians regarding maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) and its genetic causes and management.

The following are the goals of this overview:

Goal 1: Describe the clinical characteristics of MODY.

Goal 2: Review the genetic causes of MODY.

Goal 3: Provide an evaluation strategy to identify the genetic cause of MODY in a proband (when possible).

Goal 4: Inform (when possible) medical management of MODY based on genetic cause.

Goal 5: Inform risk assessment and surveillance of at-risk relatives for early detection and treatment of MODY.

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