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Hepatic failure and enhanced oxidative stress in mitochondrial diabetes.
Endocrine journal - 1 Jul 2008
Takahashi Yutaka, Iida Keiji, Takeno Ryoko, Kitazawa Riko, Kitazawa Sohei, Kitamura Hidetsuna, Fujioka Yoshio, Yamada Hiroyuki, Kanda Fumio, Ohta Shigeo, Nishimaki Kiyomi, Fujimoto Masayo, Kondo Takeshi, Iguchi Genzo, Takahashi Kentaro, Kaji Hidesuke, Okimura Yasuhiko, Chihara Kazuo
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial diabetes is characterized by diabetes and hearing loss in maternal transmission with a heteroplasmic A3243G mutation in the mitochondrial gene. In patients with the mutation, it has been reported that hepatic involvement is rarely observed. We demonstrated a case of hypertrophic car...
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