Article
High incidence of profound deafness in an isolated community.
Genetic testing - 1 Jan 2003
Zlotogora Joel, Barges Saleh
Abstract excerpt
In a Muslim Israeli Arab village, different types of hearing loss affect some 2% of the inhabitants. Most cases of profound deafness are due to recessive mutations in the Connexin-26 gene. Since in this community, marriages are by preference within the family (consanguineous), for many of the couples from the village the risk for an affected child is high. There are 30 families living in the village in which both...
Topics
- Arabs
- Child
- Connexin 26
- Connexins
- Consanguinity
- Deafness
- Female
- Genes, Recessive
- Genetic Counseling
- Genetic Testing
- Humans
- Israel
- Male