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Mitochondrial DNA haplogroup associated with hereditary hearing loss in a Japanese population.
Acta oto-laryngologica - 1 Nov 2012
Kato Tomofumi, Fuku Noriyuki, Noguchi Yoshihiro, Murakami Haruka, Miyachi Motohiko, Kimura Yurika, Tanaka Masashi, Kitamura Ken
Abstract excerpt
CONCLUSION: Haplogroup D4b, especially subhaplogroup D4b2, may be one of the modifiers associated with the phenotypic expression of hereditary hearing loss (HL). OBJECTIVES: The present study investigated the association between suspected hereditary HL and 12 major mtDNA haplogroups in a Japanese population. Besides the mutations of mitochondrial DNA, many modifiers including environmental factors and genetic...
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