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Clinical features of patients with GJB2 (connexin 26) mutations: severity of hearing loss is correlated with genotypes and protein expression patterns.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2005
Oguchi Tomohiro, Ohtsuka Akihiro, Hashimoto Shigenari, Oshima Aki, Abe Satoko, Kobayashi Yumiko, Nagai Kyoko, Matsunaga Tatsuo, Iwasaki Satoshi, Nakagawa Takashi, Usami Shin-Ichi
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the GJB2 (connexin 26, Cx26) gene are the major cause of nonsyndromic hearing impairment in many populations. Genetic testing offers opportunities to determine the cause of deafness and predict the course of hearing, enabling the prognostication of language development. In the current study, we compared severity of hearing impairment in 60 patients associated with biallelic GJB2 mutations and...
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