ADA/JDRF Type 1 Diabetes Sourcebook, Excerpt #1: Diagnosing Diabetes
Anne Peters, MD, and Lori Laffel, MD, MPH, editors
Jane Lee Chiang, MD, managing editor
Autoantibodies Found in 10% of Adult-Onset Diabetes Patients
Nearly 10% of patients with adult-onset diabetes were found to have diabetes-associated autoantibodies....
AACE: Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults often Misdiagnosed
Almost half of nonobese adult with poorly controlled diabetes have latent autoimmune diabetes that has been misdiagnosed as type 2 diabetes....
Test Your Knowledge #605: Patients with maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) may respond to which of the following agents....
Patients with maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) may respond to which of the following agents:
EASD: Outpatient Test Discriminates MODY from Type 1 Diabetes
A measure of the postprandial ratio of urinary C-peptide to creatinine (UCPCR) can distinguish maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) from type 1 diabetes mellitus, allowing some children who would otherwise be treated with insulin to...
Test Your Knowledge #575: A 40-year-old Hispanic man is evaluated for fatigue, blurry vision, polyuria, polydipsia, nocturia, and...
A 40-year-old Hispanic man is evaluated for fatigue, blurry vision, polyuria, polydipsia, nocturia, and an unintentional 4.5-kg (10-lb) weight loss over the past month....
Editor's Note: Uncommon Diabetes Diagnoses
Recently I was teaching a diabetes class and one of the attendees was a 32 y/o man, newly diagnosed with an A1c of 10.7 and a casual bg of 385 mg/dl. He had lost 35 lbs over the past 3 months without even trying. His doctor sent him to the class to...
What to know about genetic testing and counseling
Testing for monogenic diabetes involves providing a blood sample from which DNA is isolated. The DNA is analyzed for changes in the genes that cause monogenic diabetes. Abnormal results can determine the gene responsible for diabetes in a...
What is maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY)?
MODY is a monogenic form of diabetes that usually first occurs during adolescence or early adulthood. However, MODY sometimes remains undiagnosed until later in life. A number of different gene mutations have been shown to cause MODY, all of...
What is neonatal diabetes mellitus (NDM)?
NDM is a monogenic form of diabetes that occurs in the first 6 months of life. It is a rare condition occurring in only one in 100,000 to 500,000 live births. Infants with NDM do not produce enough insulin, leading to an increase in blood...
What is Monogenic Diabetes? Many times misdiagnosed!
The most common forms of diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2, are polygenic, meaning the risk of developing these forms of diabetes is related to multiple genes. But some rare forms of diabetes result from mutations in a single gene and are called...
A (Very) Brief Introduction to Monogenic Diabetes
Our October Special Edition focused...
