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[Prenatal diagnosis of prelingual deafness by determination of SLC26A4 gene mutation].
Zhonghua fu chan ke za zhi - 1 Sept 2005
Hu Hao, Wu Ling-qian, Liang De-sheng, Feng Yong, Cai Fang, Xia Kun, Pan Qian, Long Zhi-gao, Dai He-ping, Xia Jia-hui
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To identify deafness related gene and provide its prenatal diagnosis to avoid deaf fetus delivery. METHODS: DNA was extracted from amniotic cells in a pregnant woman close to 21 weeks' gestation, as well as from peripheral blood cells of the pregnant woman, her husband and their two sons. Screening for GJB2 and SLC26A4 gene mutations was firstly performed in the deafness proband (the first son of the...
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