Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young: A Genetic Form of Diabetes in Children

Type 1 (T1) and type 2 (T2) diabetes mellitus (DM) are the most commonly recognized disease states characterized by hyperglycemia. However, diabetes compromises many disorders with hyperglycemia as a common feature. Other forms of diabetes include gestational diabetes, neonatal diabetes, cystic fibrosis-related diabetes, latent autoimmune diabetes in adults, and maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY). MODY affects pediatric patients and accounts for 2 –5% of all diabetes cases (Timsit, Bellanné-Chantelot, Dubois-Laforgue,& Velho, 2005).
Source: Journal of Pediatric Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: PENS Department Source Type: research