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Insulin edema in diabetes mellitus associated with the 3243 mitochondrial tRNA(Leu(UUR)) mutation; case reports.
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Aug 1995
Suzuki Y, Kadowaki H, Taniyama M, Kadowaki T, Katagiri H, Oka Y, Atsumi Y, Hosokawa K, Tanaka Y, Asahina T
Abstract excerpt
We encountered a patient with diabetes mellitus due to the 3243 mitochondrial tRNA mutation(DM-Mt3243), who developed insulin edema and hepatic dysfunction after starting insulin. Such a rare phenomenon was unlikely to be a fortuitous coincidence in mitochondrial diabetes, as none in 197 non-mutant NIDDM patients had same episode. Moreover, similar leg edema was noticed in another DM-Mt3243 patient, and other two...
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