“…There are additional manifestations including generalized muscle weakness, ataxia, short sta ture, deafness and various endocrinological dysfunctions [1,3,16]. Endocrinological abnormalities in KSS or other MM include hypogonadism [18,24], hypoparathy roidism [12,28], hyperthyroidism [4], hyperaldosteron ism [25], adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency [9] and diabetes mellitus (DM) [6,10,14,18,19,[22][23][24]28] or impaired glucose tolerance. It has not been well estab lished in MM whether DM is due to insulin resistance or impaired insulin secretion resulting from an abnormality of the islets of Langerhans, and how the underlying mito chondrial defect can play a role in the onset of DM.…”