Study of the frequency and clinical features of maturity-onset diabetes in the young in the pediatric and adolescent diabetes population in Iran.

Objectives: Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY), an autosomal dominant disease, is frequently misdiagnosed as type 1 or 2 diabetes. Molecular diagnosis is essential to distinguish them. This study was done to investigate the prevalence of MODY subtypes and patients' clinical characteristics.