Other specific types of diabetes mellitus

General classification of diabetes
According to the current etiological classification diabetes mellitus (DM) is divided into:


 * 1) Type 1 diabetes mellitus
 * 2) Type 2 diabetes mellitus,
 * 3) other specific types of diabetes mellitus,
 * 4) Gestational diabetes mellitus.

Specific types of DM
Other specific types of diabetes mellitus include (taken from ):


 * Genetic disorders of β-cell function.
 * Genetic disorders of insulin action.
 * Diseases of the exocrine part of the pancreas
 * Pancreatitis.
 * Trauma, pancreatectomy.
 * Tumors.
 * Cystic Fibrosis.
 * Hemochromatosis.
 * Other.
 * Endocrinopathy,
 * Acromegaly.
 * Cushing's syndrome.
 * Glucagon.
 * Pheochromocytoma.
 * Hyperthyroidism.
 * Somatostatin.
 * Aldosterone.
 * Other.
 * Drug- or chemically- induced diabetes.
 * Vacor.
 * Pentamidin.
 * Nicotinic acid.
 * Glucocorticoids.
 * Thyroid hormone.
 * Diazoxide.
 * β-adrenergic agonists.
 * Thiazides.
 * Phenytoin.
 * Interferon α.
 * Other.
 * Infection.
 * congenital rubella.
 * Cytomegalovirus.
 * Other.
 * Unusual types of immune-mediated diabetes.
 * Other genetic syndromes that may be associated with diabetes.
 * Down syndrome.
 * Klinefelter's syndrome.
 * Turner syndrome
 * Wolfram syndrome.
 * Friedreich's ataxia.
 * Huntington's chorea.
 * Syndrom Lawrence-Moon Beidel.
 * Myotonic dystrophy.
 * Porphyria.
 * Prader-Willi syndrome.
 * Other.