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Identification of three novel mutations in the USH1C gene and detection of thirty-one polymorphisms used for haplotype analysis.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 2001
Zwaenepoel I, Verpy E, Blanchard S, Meins M, Apfelstedt-Sylla E, Gal A, Petit C
Abstract excerpt
Usher syndrome (USH) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous autosomal recessive disorder in which sensorineural hearing loss is associated with retinitis pigmentosa. Usher syndrome type 1, the most severe form, is characterized by profound congenital deafness, vestibular dysfunction, and prepubertal onset of retinitis pigmentosa. Six different USH1 genes have so far been mapped, of which two have already...
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