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Maternally inherited hearing loss in a large kindred with a novel T7511C mutation in the mitochondrial DNA tRNA(Ser(UCN)) gene.
Neurology - 10 Jun 1999
Sue C M, Tanji K, Hadjigeorgiou G, Andreu A L, Nishino I, Krishna S, Bruno C, Hirano M, Shanske S, Bonilla E, Fischel-Ghodsian N, DiMauro S, Friedman R
Abstract excerpt
Thirty-six of 43 maternally related members of a large African American family experienced hearing loss. A muscle biopsy specimen from the proband showed cytochrome c oxidase (COX)-deficient fibers but no ragged-red fibers; biochemical analysis showed marked reduction of COX activity. A novel T7511C point mutation in the tRNA(Ser(UCN)) gene was present in almost homoplasmic levels (>95%) in the blood of 18 of 20...
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