Factors that affect hearing level in individuals with the mitochondrial 1555A>G mutation

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 480-484

  Lu, S Y ^a   Nishio, S ^a   Tsukada, K ^a   Oguchi, T ^a   Kobayashi, K ^a   Abe, S ^b   Usami, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kawagoe shi   (Japan)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; 1555A.G mutation; Aminoglycosides; GJB2; Hearing loss; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; GUANINE; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 12S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING LOSS; HETEROPLASMY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 65449181126     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2008.01138.x     Document Type: Article

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