Selective Loss of Pancreatic β -cells in a Diabetic Patient with a Mitochondrial 3243 Mutation

Journal of the Japan Diabetes Society

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 455-458

  Togashi, Michiko ^a   Yamada, Hitomi ^a   Iwasaki, Naoko ^a   Yokoyama, Hiroki ^a   Sato, Asako ^a   Tomonaga, Osamu ^a   Babazono, Tetuya ^a   Suzuki, Akitake ^a   Iwamoto, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 1642510041     PISSN: 0021437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11213/tonyobyo1958.43.455     Document Type: Article

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