Shahab Noorian, Fatemeh Sayarifard, Elham Farhadi, Fabrizio Barbetti, Nima Rezaei
Iranian journal of pediatrics 2013 AprMaturity onset diabetes of the young type 2 (MODY) is an inherited disorder due to mutations in glucokinase (GCK) gene, which lead to mild fasting hyperglycemia. Herein an otherwise healthy 9-year old boy with hyperglycemia is presented in whom the diagnosis of MODY2 was suspected. Genetic studies showed heterozygous inactivating GCK gene mutation in exon 8 (c.1010delA) in this patient. The same mutation was found in his father as well. The patient received some dietary advices without any medication. The identification of GCK mutation and diagnosis of MODY2 helps the clinicians to predict the disease course, prognosis and to exclude other types of diabetes.
Shahab Noorian, Fatemeh Sayarifard, Elham Farhadi, Fabrizio Barbetti, Nima Rezaei. GCK Mutation in a Child with Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, Type 2. Iranian journal of pediatrics. 2013 Apr;23(2):226-8
PMID: 23724189
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