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Diabetes mellitus, deafness, muscle weakness and hypocalcemia in a patient with an A3243G mutation of the mitochondrial DNA.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Mar 2000
Tanaka K, Takada Y, Matsunaka T, Yuyama S, Fujino S, Maguchi M, Yamashita S, Yuba I
Abstract excerpt
In a 54-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus, hearing loss, muscle weakness and hypocalcemia, caused by idiopathic hypoparathyroidism, an A to G transition at the nucleotide position of 3243 (A3243G mutation) was found in the mitochondrial DNA from her leukocytes. Clinical features of diabetes mellitus and hearing loss in association with the A3243G mutation are compatible with a diagnosis of maternally...
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