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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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[91] UK prospective study of therapies of maturity-onset diabetes.
They also identified genes responsible for myotonic dystrophy (141: 102), maturity-onset diabetes of the young (141: 300), two forms of the eye disorder macular degeneration (142: 37), and a gene that predisposes women to breast cancer following exposure to extremely low doses of radiation (141: 4).
Research will focus on tests for hemochromatosis, early onset Alzheimer's disease, colorectal and breast cancers, rare forms of ALS, and maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY);
 
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