PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Emma M Dyer
AU  - Rakesh Amin
TI  - Fifteen-minute consultation: Monogenic forms of diabetes with onset after age 6 months
AID  - 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311470
DP  - 2018 Apr 01
TA  - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition
PG  - 58--64
VI  - 103
IP  - 2
4099  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/103/2/58.short
4100  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/103/2/58.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed2018 Apr 01; 103
AB  - Monogenic forms of diabetes (historically known as Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY)) are caused by single gene mutations inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion that result in reduced pancreatic beta cell function. Children with these forms of diabetes may be misdiagnosed as having type 1 or 2 diabetes, which has important implications for treatment, genetic counselling, screening of family members and prognosis. Useful tools now exist to aid in their diagnosis and management. Here, we attempt to outline the clinical features that will help the physician make the differentiation from other diabetes subtypes.