Article
Comprehensive Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY) Gene Screening in Pregnant Women with Diabetes in India.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Doddabelavangala Mruthyunjaya Mahesh, Chapla Aaron, Hesarghatta Shyamasunder Asha, Varghese Deny, Varshney Manika, Paul Johan, Inbakumari Mercy, Christina Flory, Varghese Ron Thomas, Kuruvilla Kurien Anil, V Paul Thomas, Jose Ruby, Regi Annie, Lionel Jessie, Jeyaseelan L, Mathew Jiji, Thomas Nihal
Abstract excerpt
Pregnant women with diabetes may have underlying beta cell dysfunction due to mutations/rare variants in genes associated with Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY). MODY gene screening would reveal those women genetically predisposed and previously unrecognized with a monogenic form of diabetes for further clinical management, family screening and genetic counselling. However, there are minimal data...
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