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AUDIOLOGY

Unique penetrance of hearing loss in a five-generation Chinese family with the mitochondrial 12S rRNA 1555A > G mutation

Meichao MenDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha City, Hunan Province
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Lu JiangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha City, Hunan Province
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Honghan WangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha City, Hunan Province
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Yalan Liu State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of China, Central South University, Changsha City, Hunan Province, China
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Zhengmao Hu State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of China, Central South University, Changsha City, Hunan Province, China
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Chufeng HeDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha City, Hunan Province
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Yong FengDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha City, Hunan ProvinceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 970-975 | Received 20 Jan 2011, Accepted 20 Mar 2011, Published online: 19 Apr 2011

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