Prevalence of Japanese dialysis patients with an A-to-G mutation at nucleotide 3243 of the mitochondrial tRNALeu(UUR) gene

Abstract

We found that a mitochondrial gene mutation at nucleotide 3243 was present in one dialysis patient with NIDDM and deafness. The prevalence of this mutation was found to be below 1% in diabetic end-stage renal disease patients in Japan.