Mitochondrial deafness

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 483-491

  Jacobs, Howard T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic disease; Hearing impairment; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AUDITORY SYSTEM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC DISORDER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 0031418573     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899709007472     Document Type: Review

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