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Maternally inherited hearing impairment.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jun 2000
Van Camp G, Smith R J
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondria are intracellular organelles responsible for the majority of a cell's energy production. They have their own small maternally inherited genome which, when mutated, can give rise to a large spectrum of diseases. The phenotype most commonly includes neurological and muscular symptoms, although hearing impairment is an additional feature in some mitochondrial syndromes. Often, syndromic mutations affect...
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