Erschienen in:
01.03.2016 | Editorial
Monogenic diabetes—diagnostic conundrums
verfasst von:
Aaron Chapla, Felix K. Jebasingh, Nihal Thomas
Erschienen in:
International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries
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Ausgabe 1/2016
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Excerpt
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a global pandemic [
1] that affects nearly 382 million people worldwide [
2]. The vast majority of patients (approximately 85 %) are classified into polygenic type 1 diabetes (T1D) or type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, with growing evidence from genomic research, several monogenic causes of diabetes have emerged. Monogenic forms of diabetes include maturity onset of diabetes of young (MODY), neonatal diabetes and rare syndromic forms of diabetes [
3]. …