Diabetologists in Bangalore international airport Other G enetic Syndromes Sometimes Associated with Diabetes • Down ’ s syndrome • Klinefelter ’ s syndrome • Turner ’ s syndrome • Wolfram ’ s syndrome • Friedreich ’ s ataxia • Huntington ’ s chorea • Lawrence – Moon – Biedl syndrome • Myotonic dystrophy • Porphyria • Prader – Willi syndrome Various clinical and biochemical features can be used to decide whether the patient has type 1 or type 2 diabetes The distinction may be diffi cult in individual cases. The category of ‘ other specifi c types of diabetes ’ is a large group of conditions , which includes genetic defects in insulin secretion (such as in maturity - onset diabetes of the young (MODY) and insulinopathies), genetic defects in insulin action (e.g. syndromes of severe insulin resistance), pancreatitis and other exocrine disorders, hormone - secreting tumours such as acromegaly (growth hormone)