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Diagnosis and management of maturity-onset diabetes of the young.
Treatments in endocrinology - 1 Jan 2005
Timsit José, Bellanné-Chantelot Christine, Dubois-Laforgue Danièle, Velho Gilberto
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Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a dominantly inherited form of non-ketotic diabetes mellitus. It results from a primary defect of insulin secretion, and usually develops at childhood, adolescence, or young adulthood. MODY is a heterogeneous disease with regard to genetic, metabolic, and clinical features. All MODY genes have not been identified, but heterozygous mutations in six genes cause the...
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