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The A1555G mtDNA mutation in Danish hearing-impaired patients: frequency and clinical signs.
Clinical genetics - 1 Oct 2002
ØStergaard E, Montserrat-Sentis B, Grønskov K, Brøndum-Nielsen K
Abstract excerpt
The A1555G mutation of the mtDNA is associated with both aminoglycoside-induced and non-syndromic hearing loss. The A1555G is relatively frequent in the Spanish and some Asian populations, but has only been reported rarely in other populations, possibly because of ascertainment bias. We studied 85 Danish patients with varying degrees of hearing impairment and found two patients with the A1555G mutation (2.4%)....
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