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.