[Clinical characterization of diabetes mellitus in the families with mitochondrial encephalomyopathies].

Article

[Clinical characterization of diabetes mellitus in the families with mitochondrial encephalomyopathies].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Oct 1994

Suzuki S

Abstract excerpt

We clinically characterized 18 diabetic patients in 7 families with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) and mitochondrial DNA mutations of tRNALEU(UUR) (3243), 5 diabetics in a family with myoclonic epilepsy and ragged red fiber (MERRF) and tRNALYS (8...

Topics

DNA, Mitochondrial
Diabetes Complications
Diabetes Mellitus
Female
Humans
MERRF Syndrome
Male
Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies
Mutation
Ophthalmoplegia, Chronic Progressive External
Pedigree
RNA

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