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DictionarySeediabetesmaternally inherited diabetes and deafness
maternally inherited diabetes and deafness, MIDD.A rare variety of type 2 diabetes mellitus in which nonobese family members develop diabetes, sensorineural hearing loss, and other related anomalies. The disease is inherited by children from affected mothers as a result of a mutation in mitochondrial DNA. Associated findings in some patients include macular dystrophy, myopathy, cardiomyopathy, and early-onset nephropathy. AcronymsSeeMIDD |