Connexins, hearing and deafness: clinical aspects of mutations in the connexin 26 gene.

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Congenital deafness is a very frequent disorder occurring in approximately I in 1000 live births. Mutations in GJB2 encoding for gap junction protein connexin-26 (Cx26) have been established as the basis of autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss and proposed in some rare cases of autosomal dominant form of deafness. Connexin are gap-junction proteins which constitute a major system of intercellular...

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