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Maternally inherited diabetes and deafness: prevalence in a hospital diabetic population.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 Jun 1997
Newkirk J E, Taylor R W, Howell N, Bindoff L A, Chinnery P F, Alberti K G, Turnbull D M, Walker M
Abstract excerpt
Maternally inherited diabetes and deafness (MIDD) is a new sub-type of diabetes and results from an A to G substitution at position 3243 of the mitochondrial tRNA(leu(UUR)) gene. This mutation is also associated with a neurological syndrome (MELAS). Recent studies have screened carefully selected diabetic populations and have reported MIDD prevalence rates ranging from undetectable to 60%. The aim of this work...
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