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Different clinical characteristics of aminoglycoside-induced profound deafness with and without the 1555 A-->G mitochondrial mutation.
ORL; journal for oto-rhino-laryngology and its related specialties - 1 Jan 2000
Tono T, Kiyomizu K, Matsuda K, Komune S, Usami S, Abe S, Shinkawa H
Abstract excerpt
Recent genetic studies have shown that hereditary susceptibility to aminoglycoside antibiotics is caused by the 1555 A-->G mitochondrial mutation. We found the 1555 mutation in 4 out of 68 postlingual deaf patients who were candidates for cochlear implantation. All 4 patients developed bilateral profound hearing loss following administration of aminoglycosides. The pedigree of the family shows exclusively...
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