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Role of mitochondrial variation in maternally inherited diabetes and deafness syndrome.
The Journal of laryngology and otology - 1 Nov 2008
Howes T, Madden C, Dasgupta S, Saeed S, Das V
Abstract excerpt
Maternally inherited diabetes and deafness syndrome is caused by the mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid mutation 3243 A>G (where A = adenine and G = guanine). The degree of heteroplasmy of the mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid may correlate with the rate of progression of the hearing loss. This has important implications for counselling patients with this pathology. Cochlear implantation is a successful method...
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