Article
Diabetes mellitus carrying a mutation in the mitochondrial tRNA(Leu(UUR)) gene.
Diabetologia - 1 Feb 1995
Kishimoto M, Hashiramoto M, Araki S, Ishida Y, Kazumi T, Kanda E, Kasuga M
Abstract excerpt
We screened 214 Japanese NIDDM (non-insulin-dependent) diabetic patients with a family history of diabetes for mutations in the mitochondrial tRNA(Leu(UUR)) gene using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism and direct sequencing. Six patients were identified as having...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Base Sequence
- C-Peptide
- Case-Control Studies
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Glucagon
- Humans
- MELAS Syndrome
