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Mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetes mellitus
1999-01-01
Abstract excerpt
This review discusses the hypothesis that mitochondrial dysfunction plays a role in the pathogenesis of the most common form of diabetes, type II diabetes mellitus. Mitochondrial mutations have been linked to the development of diabetes mellitus as part of several rare syndromes, accounting for approximately 1.5% of all cases of the disease (“classic” mitochondrial diabetes). The characteristics of classic mitocho...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 2a026da8-438d-5a8c-a2be-5500c1b39133
- DOI
- 10.1002/(sici)1098-2299(199901)46:1<67::aid-ddr10>3.0.co;2-v