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Mutations in a novel gene with transmembrane domains underlie Usher syndrome type 3.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Oct 2001
Joensuu T, Hämäläinen R, Yuan B, Johnson C, Tegelberg S, Gasparini P, Zelante L, Pirvola U, Pakarinen L, Lehesjoki A E, de la Chapelle A, Sankila E M
Abstract excerpt
Usher syndrome type 3 (USH3) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by progressive hearing loss, severe retinal degeneration, and variably present vestibular dysfunction, assigned to 3q21-q25. Here, we report on the positional cloning of the USH3 gene. By haplotype and linkage-disequili...
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