MIDD or MELAS: That's not the question: MIDD evolving into MELAS: A severe phenotype of the m.3243A>G mutation due to paternal co-inheritance of type 2 diabetes and a high heteroplasmy level

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 460-462

  de Wit, H M ^a,b   Westeneng, H J ^c   van Engelen, B G M ^b   Mudde, A H ^a  

^a SLINGELAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heteroplasmy; Insulin resistance; M.3243A>G mutation; MELAS; MIDD

Indexed keywords

ACIPIMOX; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GEMFIBROZIL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN DERIVATIVE; LACTIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GENE MUTATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MATERNALLY INHERITED DIABETES AND DEAFNESS; MELAS SYNDROME; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYALGIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; DEAFNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FATHERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 84871411084     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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