Hearing loss due to the mitochondrial A1555G mutation in Italian families

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 388-391

  Casano, Rosaria A M S ^a,b   Bykhovskaya, Yelena ^a   Johnson, David F ^a   Hamon, Melanie ^a   Torricelli, Francesca ^b   Bigozzi, Minna ^c   Fischel Ghodsian, Nathan ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hereditary hearing loss; Italy; Maternal inheritance; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DEAFNESS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032511738     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19981012)79:5<388::AID-AJMG11>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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