A familial case of proliferative diabetic retinopathy associated with a mutation in the mitochondrial gene

Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 739-745

  Kuze, Manami ^a   Arima, Mika ^a   Saso, Mikio ^a   Uji, Yukitaka ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Mitochondrial disorder; Mitochondrial DNA; Proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MITOCHONDRION;

ADULT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0031734025     PISSN: 00290203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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