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Sequence variations of mitochondrial DNA and individual sensitivity to the ototoxic effect of cisplatin.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Peters Ulrike, Preisler-Adams S, Lanvers-Kaminsky Claudia, Jürgens Heribert, Lamprecht-Dinnesen Antoinette
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BACKGROUND: Since mutations in the mitochondrial genome are associated with hearing loss, we analyzed whether sequence variations of mtDNA are associated with individual sensitivity to cisplatin-induced ototoxicity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The mtDNA of 20 patients with and 19 patients without hearing impairment under therapeutic doses of cisplatin was sequenced for mutations and characterized for haplotype by...
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