Non-Mendelian mitochondrial inheritance as a cause of progressive genetic sensorineural hearing loss.

doi:10.1016/0165-5876(94)90191-0

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Non-Mendelian mitochondrial inheritance as a cause of progressive genetic sensorineural hearing loss.

International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology - 1 Aug 1994

Gold M, Rapin I

Abstract excerpt

Awareness of non-Mendelian mitochondrial inheritance and of its role as an agent of genetic sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is recent. Mitochondria are passed on exclusively from the ovum to all the offspring of both sexes, a novel pattern of inheritance. Owing to the critical role of mitochond...

Topics

Age of Onset
DNA, Mitochondrial
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Humans
Mitochondrial Myopathies
Mutation
Prevalence

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