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[Evaluation of a family with sensorineural hearing loss due to the Q829X mutation in the OTOF gene].
Acta otorrinolaringologica espanola - 1 Mar 2004
Gallo-Terán J, Megía López R, Morales-Angulo C, del Castillo I, Moreno-Pelayo M A, Mazón Gutiérrez A, Moreno Herrero F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the features of hearing loss due to the Q829X mutation in the OTOF gene, the third most frequent mutation causing prelingual deafness reported so far in the Spanish population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We carried out genetic characterisation of 16 individuals from a consanguineous family from Cantabria, in which 4 members were affected by deafness. RESULTS: All 4 hearing impaired individuals...
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