Article
[Audiometric features of familial hearing impairment transmitted by mitochondrial inheritance (A1555G)].
Acta otorrinolaringologica espanola - 1 Nov 2002
Morales Angulo C, Gallo Terán J, del Castillo I, Moreno Pelayo M A, García-Mantilla J, Moreno Herrero F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine the audiometric patterns of familial hearing impairment due to the A1555G mutation in the mitochondrial DNA. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We include 55 subjects with the A1555G mutation from 6 unrelated families, affected by nonsyndromic sensorineural hearing loss and residing in Cantabria. The A1555G mutation was found in homoplasmy in all the families, except in one family, in which it was in...
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