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The prevalence and expression of inherited connexin 26 mutations associated with nonsyndromic hearing loss in the Israeli population.
Human genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Sobe T, Vreugde S, Shahin H, Berlin M, Davis N, Kanaan M, Yaron Y, Orr-Urtreger A, Frydman M, Shohat M, Avraham K B
Abstract excerpt
Connexin 26 (GJB2) mutations lead to hearing loss in a significant proportion of all populations studied so far, despite the fact that at least 50 other genes are also associated with hearing loss. The entire coding region of connexin 26 was sequenced in 75 hearing impaired children and adults in...
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