Diabetes mellitus and deafness - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Diabetes mellitus and deafness (DAD) or maternally inherited diabetes and deafness (MIDD) is a mitochondrial disease

Mitochondrial disease

Mitochondrial diseases are a group of disorders caused by dysfunctional mitochondria, the organelles that are the "powerhouses" of the cell. Mitochondria are found in every cell of the human body except red blood cells...

associated with the gene "Leu-UUR".

Alternative names

diabetes and deafness, maternally inherited; MIDD
Ballinger-Wallace syndrome
diabetes mellitus, type II, with deafness
noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus with deafness
NIDDM with deafness

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