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Prevalence of the mitochondrial DNA A1555G mutation in sensorineural deafness patients in island Southeast Asia.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2003
Malik Safarina G, Pieter Nova, Sudoyo Herawati, Kadir Abdul, Marzuki Sangkot
Abstract excerpt
A mtDNA A1555G base substitution in a highly conserved region of the 12S rRNA gene has been reported to be the main cause of aminoglycoside induced deafness. This mutation is found in approximately 3% of Japanese and 0.5-2.4% of European sensorineural deafness patients. We report a high prevalence (5.3%) of the A1555G mutation in sensorineural deafness patients in Sulawesi (Indonesia). Our result confirms the...
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