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Mitochondrial DNA mutation screening in an ethnically diverse nonsyndromic deafness cohort.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Sept 2012
Vivero Richard J, Ouyang Xiaomei, Yan Denise, Du Lilin, Liu Wendy, Angeli Simon I, Liu Xue Zhong
Abstract excerpt
Deafness is a heterogeneous trait with many known genetic and environmental causes. Hereditary hearing loss is an extremely common disorder in the general population. Mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are known to be associated with nonsyndromic deafness (NSD) and syndromic deafness. The objective of this article is to investigate the frequency of common mitochondrial mutations (A1555G, G7444A, and A3243G)...
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