We recruited 147 patients from consanguineous pedigrees (parents of the proband were second cousins or more closely related) who were diagnosed with permanent diabetes before 6 months of age or were diagnosed with permanent diabetes before 9 months and had any additional clinical features that made a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes less likely. Informed consent was obtained from all participants or their parents, and institutional review board approval was received for this study.
patients
147
147 patients from consanguineous pedigrees
diagnosed with permanent diabetes
before 6 months
months
147 patients from consanguineous pedigrees
diagnosed with permanent diabetes
before 9 months
months