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[Hearing loss and epilepsy may be associated with the novel mitochondrial tRNASer(UCN) 7472delC mutation in a Chinese family].
Yi chuan = Hereditas - 1 Dec 2008
Zhao Jian-Yue, Tang Xiao-Wen, Lan Jin-Shan, Lv Jian-Xin, Yang Li, Li Zhi-Yuan, Zhu Yi, Sun Dong-Mei, Yang Ai-Fen, Wang Jin-Dan, Xu Jing, Guan Min-Xin
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in mitochondrial DNA have been associated with a wide spectrum of clinical abnormalities. We reported here the clinical and genetic evaluations as well as mutational analysis of mitochondrial DNA(mtDNA) in a three-generation Chinese Han family with maternally transmitted hearing loss and epilepsy. Of 14 matrilineal relatives, three suffered from hearing loss, three had epilepsy, and other did not have...
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