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Otoacoustic emissions and brainstem evoked potentials in compound carriers of connexin 26 mutations.
Hearing research - 1 Jan 2003
Engel-Yeger B, Zaaroura S, Zlotogora J, Shalev S, Hujeirat Y, Carrasquillo M, Saleh B, Pratt H
Abstract excerpt
This study compares the effects of mutations in the gap junction protein connexin 26 (Cx26), on outer hair cells (OHCs), inner hair cells (IHCs) and auditory nerve/brainstem among carriers of these mutations. One hundred and twenty eight individuals, from a village with widespread consanguinity and congenital deafness, due to three Cx26 mutations, were selected among relatives of deaf persons, and divided into...
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