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A molecular and cellular hypothesis for aminoglycoside-induced deafness.
Hearing research - 1 Jul 1994
Cortopassi G, Hutchin T
Abstract excerpt
The ototoxic effects of aminoglycoside antibiotics are well known. However, a molecular and cellular mechanism for the death of cochlear hair cells has remained difficult to prove. Human genetic studies have shown that a rare trait for hypersensitivity to aminoglycosides is conferred by mitochondrial genetic variation. Recently, a gene involved has been identified as the mitochondrial small ribosomal RNA gene,...
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