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Large-scale screening of mitochondrial DNA mutations among Iranian patients with prelingual nonsyndromic hearing impairment.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Apr 2012
Montazer Zohour Mostafa, Tabatabaiefar Mohammad Amin, Dehkordi Fatemeh Azadegan, Farrokhi Effat, Akbari Mohammad Taghi, Chaleshtori Morteza Hashemzadeh
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary hearing impairment (HI) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder caused by mutations either in nuclear DNA (nDNA) or in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). The nDNA mutations account for the majority of prelingual nonsyndromic HI (NSHI). The present survey was conducted to screen for known patho...
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