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A case of a de novo A3243G mutation in mitochondrial DNA in a patient with diabetes and deafness.
Archives of physiology and biochemistry - 1 Jul 2002
Maassen J A, Biberoglu S, 't Hart L M, Bakker E, de Knijff P
Abstract excerpt
A female individual with symptoms of the Maternally Inherited Diabetes and Deafness syndrome (MIDD) was diagnosed positive for the A3243G mutation in her mitochondrial DNA. Heteroplasmy levels were 18% in DNA from leucocytes and 55% in oral mucosa DNA. This finding corroborates the diagnosis of MIDD. Normally, this mutation is present in all the individuals within the maternal lineage of the pedigree. In this...
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