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A subtype of diabetes mellitus associated with a mutation in the mitochondrial gene.
Muscle & nerve. Supplement - 1 Jan 1995
Kadowaki T, Sakura H, Otabe S, Yasuda K, Kadowaki H, Mori Y, Hagura R, Akanuma Y, Yazaki Y
Abstract excerpt
Recently, in patients with diabetes and deafness, researchers have identified an A to G transition at position 3243 in transfer ribonucleic acid(Leu)(UUR) [3243 base-pair (bp) mutation], originally found in patients with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes. To determine the prevalence of diabetic patients with this mutation in Japan, we screened selected cohorts of...
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