Maturity onset diabetes of the young--review.

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Maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is characterized by a primary defect in insulin secretion and hyperglycemia, nonketotic disease, monogenic autosomal dominant mode of inheritance, age at onset less than 25 years, and lack of auto-antibodies. It accounts for 2-5% of all cases of non-type 1 diabetes. The diagnosis may be made by careful clinical evaluation, but exact subtyping is possible only by genetic...

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