Mitochondrial non-syndromic sensorineural hearing loss: A clinical, audiological and pathological study from Italy, and revision of the literature

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-59

  Berrettini, Stefano ^a   Forli, Francesca ^a   Passetti, Susanna ^a   Rocchi, Anna ^a   Pollina, Luca ^a   Cecchetti, Denise ^a   Mancuso, Michelangelo ^a   Siciliano, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Deafness; Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA); Mutation; Non syndromic sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRION; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POINT MUTATION; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; DEAFNESS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 46249111398     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: 15734935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSR20070027     Document Type: Article

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