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GJB2 mutations in Turkish patients with ARNSHL: prevalence and two novel mutations.
Hearing research - 1 May 2005
Kalay Ersan, Caylan Refik, Kremer Hannie, de Brouwer Arjan P M, Karaguzel Ahmet
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the connexin 26 gene (GJB2) cause a significant proportion of prelingual non-syndromic autosomal recessive deafness in all populations studied so far. To determine the percentage of hearing loss attributed to GJB2 in northeast Turkey, 93 unrelated patients with autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss (ARNSHL) were screened. Seven different mutations were found in 29 of the patients with severe...
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