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The effects of a connexin 26 mutation--35delG--on oto-acoustic emissions and brainstem evoked potentials: homozygotes and carriers.
Hearing research - 1 Jan 2002
Engel-Yeger B, Zaaroura S, Zlotogora J, Shalev S, Hujeirat Y, Carrasquillo M, Barges S, Pratt H
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to examine whether outer hair cells (OHCs), inner hair cells and the brainstem auditory pathway are impaired due to a mutation in a gap junction protein, connexin 26 (Cx26), 35delG. Fifty-six individuals, from a village with widespread consanguinity and profound, non-syndromic congenital deafness, due to 35delG mutation, were selected among relatives of deaf people. The individuals...
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