Different genes, different diabetes: lessons from maturity-onset diabetes of the young.

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Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a genetic subgroup of diabetes characterised by an autosomal dominant inheritance and early onset, non-insulin dependent diabetes. This results from a monogenic defect causing beta-cell dysfunction. The defining of five genes in which mutations cause MODY has allowed us to understand the clinical heterogeneity seen in this condition and can guide clinical management....

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