A case of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke- like episodes associated with diabetes mellitus and hypothalamo-pituitary dysfunction

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 805-809

  Joko, Takatoshi ^a   Iwashige, Ken Ichi ^a   Hashimoto, Toshihiko ^a   Ono, Yasuhiro ^a   Kobayashi, Kunihisa ^a   Sekiguchi, Naotaka ^a   Kuroki, Tatsuya ^a   Yanase, Toshihiko ^a   Takayanagi, Ryoichi ^a   Umeda, Fumio ^a   Nawata, Hajime ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Endocrine abnormalities; MELAS; Mitochondrial dysfunction; Position 3243 mitochondrial mutation

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MELAS SYNDROME; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS;

EID: 6844249406     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.44.805     Document Type: Article

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