Article
Muscle histopathology in diabetes mellitus associated with mitochondrial tRNA(Leu(UUR)) mutation at position 3243.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 1 Jan 1997
Suzuki Y, Goto Y, Taniyama M, Nonaka I, Murakami N, Hosokawa K, Asahina T, Atsumi Y, Matsuoka K
Abstract excerpt
Diabetes mellitus associated with 3243 mitochondrial tRNA(Leu(UUR)) mutation (DM-Mt3243) is a subtype of the mitochondrial multisystem syndromes, usually lacking myopathy. Muscle biopsies were obtained from 5 patients with diabetes and one patient with impaired glucose tolerance, all possessing t...
Topics
- Acidosis, Lactic
- Adenosine Triphosphatases
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Diabetes Complications
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Female
- Glucose Tolerance Test
- Humans
- MELAS Syndrome
