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Diabetes - Monogenic Diabetes
How is it diagnosed?
Diagnostic genetic testing for patients thought to have monogenic diabetes is available at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital which is the UK referral centre for Monogenic diabetes. This may confirm the diagnosis and the specific subtype which allows specific decisions regarding treatment to be made, such as the use of a sulphonyurea in those with HNF1A. It also allows guidelines to be given about the likely clinical course of the diabetes.
In families where monogenic diabetes has been confirmed by genetic testing a predictive genetic test may be offered to those family members who have shown no signs of diabetes. This would reveal whether they have inherited a normal gene and have the same chance of developing diabetes as the general population or whether they have inherited an affected gene and therefore indicate their chances of developing diabetes.
Further information regarding monogenic diabetes and genetic testing may be obtained from Web: http://www.diabetesgenes.org which is run by the Diabetes and Molecular Genetics Department at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK.
Types of Monogenic Diabetes
| Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis 
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