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maturity-onset diabetes

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maturity-onset diabetes [mə′chu̇r·əd·ē ¦ȯn‚set ‚dī·ə′bēd·əs]
(medicine)
A type of diabetes mellitus which develops later in life; characterized by more gradual development and less severe symptoms than juvenile-onset diabetes.


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With the onset of maturity-onset diabetes in the very young, the degenerative disease these youngsters will face as they mature is mind-boggling.
Type 11 diabetes, also known as non-insulin dependent maturity-onset diabetes, usually comes after the age of 40 and tends to run in families.
This rare, inherited form of NIDDM is known as maturity-onset diabetes of the young, or MODY.
 
 
 
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