Mitochondrial Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Retrospective Study and a Description of Cochlear Implantation in a MELAS Patient
Hearing impairment is common in patients with mitochondrial disorders, affecting over half of all cases at some time in the course of the disease. In some patients, deafness is only part of a multisystem disorder. By contrast, there are also a number of “pure” mitochondrial deafness disorders, the m...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2012
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3335728/ |