Maturity onset diabetes of the young: Diagnosis and treatment options

Abstract

Diabetes is a complicated disease, so multiple factors are involved in its development. Nevertheless some of the patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus have a monogenic form of this disease which has different treatment options and usually fewer complications. It is estimated that about 5% of patients with type 2 diabetes melitus (T2DM) and about 10% of type 1 diabetes melitus (T1DM) are misdiagnosed and have maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY). We present a review study of the management of most frequent monogenic forms of diabetes such as MODY 1, 2 and 3 and the possibilities of their diagnosis including in resource limited situations.

Keywords

• HNF-1a
• HNF-4a
• GCK
• monogenic forms of diabetes