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Haplotype analysis of the USH1D locus and genotype-phenotype correlations.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jul 2001
Liu X Z, Blanton S H, Bitner-Glindzicz M, Pandya A, Landa B, MacArdle B, Rajput K, Bellman S, Webb B T, Ping X, Smith R J, Nance W E
Abstract excerpt
Usher syndrome (USH) is characterised by hearing impairment and progressive pigmentary retinopathy. USH can be divided into three subtypes based on the severity and progression of the major clinical findings. These subtypes are genetically heterogeneous, with at least six loci for USH1, three for USH2 and one for USH3. In the present study, five unrelated consanguineous families with USH1 were analysed for...
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