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Maternally transmitted susceptibility to non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and left ventricular hypertrophy.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 1 Apr 1999
Momiyama Y, Suzuki Y, Ohsuzu F, Atsumi Y, Matsuoka K, Kimura M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: We studied the association of diabetes transmission with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). BACKGROUND: It is suggested that NIDDM has a strong genetic basis and that maternally transmitted NIDDM is associated with mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) mutations. However, genetic factors for LVH in NIDDM are unknown. METHODS: We...
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