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Prevalence and clinical characteristics of maternally inherited diabetes and deafness caused by the mt3243A > G mutation in young adult diabetic subjects in Sri Lanka.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 Mar 2008
Katulanda P, Groves C J, Barrett A, Sheriff R, Matthews D R, McCarthy M I, Gloyn A L
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: The maternally inherited mt3243A > G mutation is associated with a variable clinical phenotype including diabetes and deafness (MIDD). We aimed to determine the prevalence and clinical characteristics of MIDD in a large South Asian cohort of young adult-onset diabetic patients from Sri Lanka. METHODS: DNA was available from 994 subjects (age of diagnosis 16-40 years, age at recruitment < or = 45 years)....
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