Prevalence and clinical characteristics of maternally inherited diabetes and deafness caused by the mt3243A > G mutation in young adult diabetic subjects in Sri Lanka

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 370-374

  Katulanda, P ^a,b   Groves, C J ^a   Barrett, A ^a   Sheriff, R ^b   Matthews, D R ^a   McCarthy, M I ^a   Gloyn, A L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Genetics; Mitochondria; Mt3243; South Asian; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; DNA; GUANINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA DETERMINATION; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNALLY INHERITED DIABETES AND DEAFNESS SYNDROME; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SRI LANKA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEAFNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; SRI LANKA;

EID: 40549130087     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2007.02377.x     Document Type: Article

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