ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: J Clin Invest 2017;127:4326-4337Mutations in the Krüppel-like zinc finger transcription factor GLI-similar 3 (GLIS3) have first been associated with a syndrome combining two rare genetic endocrine diseases, namely neonatal diabetes and congenital hypothyroidism (OMIM #610199)1. Since then, 12 patients have been reported so far with a broad spect...

Brief summary: The authors used data from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 to examine the incidence, disability adjusted life years and mortality of early onset type 2 diabetes T2D) in those 15–39 years of age. This showed that early onset T2D is a growing global health problem in adolescents and young adults, particularly in low-middle- and middle-income countries.Early onset of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is associated with longer lifetime exposure hyp...