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Paediatric diabetes — which children can gain insulin independence?
Author(s) -
Srinivasan Shubha,
Donaghue Kim C
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb00991.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , family medicine , citation , pediatrics , library science , endocrinology , computer science
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 7 May 2007 186 9 436-437 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2007 www.mja.com.au Editorials the young (MODY) (Box 1). Monogenic diabetes diabetes caused by a single gene defect. A diagnosis diabetes should be considered in a child who is di ated-autoantibody negative, is diagnosed with diabe 6 months of life, has a parent with diabetes, and/or is obese. Although uncommon — its frequency is es 1%–3% of all childhood diabetes — the clinical rel 8 Molecular genetics can facilitate a successful switch to oral diabetes therapy