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Mitochondrial gene mutations in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in Taiwan.
Pancreas - 1 Apr 1996
Chuang L M, Wu H P, Tsai W Y, Lai C S, Tai T Y, Lin B J
Abstract excerpt
We studied the prevalence of mitochondrial gene mutations in subjects with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in a Chinese population living in Taiwan. Eighty-four subjects with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and 105 unrelated normal controls were recruited in the present study. Both an A-to-G mutation at position 3243 and a mutation at position 8,344 of the mitochondrial DNA were screened by...
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