Mondo Description MODY (maturity-onset diabetes of the young) is a rare, familial, clinically and genetically heterogeneous form of diabetes characterized by young age of onset (generally 10-45 years of age) with maintenance of endogenous insulin production, lack of pancreatic beta-cell autoimmunity, absence of obesity and insulin resistance and extra-pancreatic manifestations in some subtypes.
Disease Ontology Description A diabetes mellitus that has_material_basis_in mutations in the MODY genes disrupting insulin production.
Mondo Term and Equivalent IDs
MONDO:0018911: maturity-onset diabetes of the young