ESPE Abstracts

Background: Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterised by autosomal dominant type of inheritance and caused by genetic defects leading to dysfunction of pancreatic beta-cells. At least 13 types of MODY have been described in the literature, the most frequent of which are MODY types 1–3. The frequency of different MODY types in children in Russia has not been studied before.<strong...