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Extended screening for major mitochondrial DNA point mutations in patients with hereditary hearing loss.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 2012
Kato Tomofumi, Nishigaki Yutaka, Noguchi Yoshihiro, Fuku Noriyuki, Ito Taku, Mikami Eri, Kitamura Ken, Tanaka Masashi
Abstract excerpt
Hearing loss (HL) is the most common sensory disorder in humans. Many patients with mitochondrial diseases have sensorineural HL (SNHL). The HL of these patients manifests as a consequence of either syndromic or nonsyndromic mitochondrial diseases. Furthermore, the phenotypes vary among patients...
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