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Clinical and genetic studies in Spanish patients with Usher syndrome type II: description of new mutations and evidence for a lack of genotype--phenotype correlation.
Clinical genetics - 1 Sept 2005
Bernal S, Medà C, Solans T, Ayuso C, Garcia-Sandoval B, Valverde D, Del Rio E, Baiget M
Abstract excerpt
Patients with Usher syndrome type II (USH2) show moderate-to-severe hearing loss (HL), retinitis pigmentosa and normal vestibular function. The progression of HL remains controversial. To evaluate whether a phenotype-genotype correlation exists regarding the issue of progression of HL, only USH2 patients with a defined genotype were selected. Ophthalmologic, vestibular and audiometric examination along with a...
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