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Mitochondrial mutations in non-syndromic hearing loss at UAE.
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology - 1 Nov 2020
Mohamed Walaa Kamal Eldin, Arnoux Marc, Cardoso Thyago H S, Almutery Abdullah, Tlili Abdelaziz
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INTRODUCTION: Hearing loss (HL) is a common sensory disorder over the world, and it has been estimated that genetic etiology is involved in more than 50% of the cases in developed countries. Both nuclear and mitochondrial genes were reported as responsible for hereditary HL. Mitochondrial mutations leading to HL have so far been reported in the MT-RNR1 gene, mitochondrially encoded 12S rRNA. METHODS: To study the...
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