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Connexin26 deafness in several interconnected families.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 May 1999
Wilcox S A, Osborn A H, Allen-Powell D R, Maw M A, Dahl H H, Gardner R J
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the connexin26 gene are the basis of much autosomal recessive sensorineural deafness. There is a high frequency of mutant alleles, largely accounted for by one common mutation, 35delG. We have studied a group of families, who had been brought together through marriages between Deaf persons, in which there are more than 30 Deaf people in four generations. We show that many of the several cases of...
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