Article
Maternally inherited cardiomyopathy and hearing loss associated with a novel mutation in the mitochondrial tRNA(Lys) gene (G8363A).
American journal of human genetics - 1 May 1996
Santorelli F M, Mak S C, El-Schahawi M, Casali C, Shanske S, Baram T Z, Madrid R E, DiMauro S
Abstract excerpt
A novel G8363A mutation in the mtDNA tRNA(Lys) gene was associated, in two unrelated families, with a syndrome consisting of encephalomyopathy, sensorineural hearing loss, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Muscle biopsies from the probands showed mitochondrial proliferation and partial defects of...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Base Sequence
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Hearing Disorders
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
