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Mitochondrial DNA mutations in diabetes mellitus patients in Chinese Han population.
Gene - 1 Dec 2013
Wang Suijun, Wu Songhua, Zheng Taishan, Yang Zhen, Ma Xiaojing, Jia Weiping, Xiang Kunsan
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Mutations of mitochondrial DNA are associated with diabetes mellitus (DM). The present case-control study aimed to investigate the mutations of mitochondrial DNA in DM patients of Chinese Han ethnicity. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 770 DM patients and 309 healthy control individuals were enrolled. The mitochondrial DNA was extracted from blood cells and analyzed by the polymerase...
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