Conclusion Since the patients have the clinical characteristics of maternal transmission hearing loss and impaired insulin secretion we conclude that maternally inherited diabetes and deafness ( MIDD ) is a new diabetes subtype associated with a single mitochondrial mutation .

结论由于这类病人具有母系 遗传、 耳聋、进行 性胰岛素分泌不全等特征，临床上可将这一类型的糠尿病分为一种新亚型－MIDD。