## 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 select
Prevalence of maternally inherited diabetes and deafness in diabetic populations in the Netherlands
β Scribed by J. A. Maassen
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 222 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-186X
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