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[Diabetes and hearing impairment due to mitochondrial mutation].
Ugeskrift for laeger - 15 Sept 2014
Lauterlein Jens-Jacob, Olsen Inger, Yderstræde Knud, Nielsen Morten Frost
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the mitochondrial genome can cause mitochondrial diabetes. We present two cases in which the same mutation, mtDNA3243A>G, caused two different phenotypes: maternally inherited diabetes and deafness and mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes. Mitochondrial disease can imitate a variety of common con-ditions and should be considered in the case of multisystem...
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