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01-08-2017 | Case Report
Bilateral chorea–ballism and diabetic ketoacidosis as the initial presentation of a case with maternally inherited diabetes and deafness
Authors:
Tzu-Hsiang Ko, Hsun-Hua Lee, An-Tsz Hsieh, Chaur-Jong Hu, Chih-Chung Chen
Published in:
Acta Diabetologica
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Issue 8/2017
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Excerpt
Maternally Inherited Diabetes and Deafness (MIDD) is a rare diabetic syndrome mainly caused by mitochondrial A3243>G point mutation. Common clinical manifestations include diabetes mellitus (DM), deafness, short stature, ophthalmic disease, myopathy, cardiac disorders, renal disease and gastrointestinal disease. We report a case of MIDD with unusual initial presentation of bilateral chorea–ballism and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). …