Article
Clinical Management of Women with Monogenic Diabetes During Pregnancy.
Current diabetes reports - 15 Feb 2018
Dickens Laura T, Naylor Rochelle N
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Monogenic diabetes accounts for 1-2% of all diabetes cases, but is frequently misdiagnosed as type 1, type 2, or gestational diabetes. Accurate genetic diagnosis directs management, such as no pharmacologic treatment for GCK-MODY, low-dose sulfonylureas for HNF1A-MODY and HNF4A-MODY, and high-dose sulfonylureas for KATP channel-related diabetes. While diabetes treatment is defined for the most...
Topics
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Female
- Glucokinase
- Hepatocyte Nuclear Factors
- Humans
- Mutation
- Potassium Channels
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy in Diabetics
