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[Phenotype of patients showing hearing impairment based on the 35delG mutation in the connexin 26 gene].
HNO - 1 May 2003
Tóth T, Kupka S, Sziklai I, Blin N, Zenner H-P, Pfister M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hereditary hearing impairment constitutes a heterogeneous class of disorders showing different patterns of inheritance and involving multiple genes. Mutations in the GJB2 gene, especially the 35delG mutation, have been established as a major cause of inherited and sporadic nonsyndromic hearing impairment in different populations. METHODS: We analyzed 14 northeast Hungarian families and 69 sporadic...
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