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Genomic analysis of a heterogeneous Mendelian phenotype: multiple novel alleles for inherited hearing loss in the Palestinian population.
Human genomics - 1 Jan 2006
Walsh Tom, Abu Rayan Amal, Abu Sa'ed Judeh, Shahin Hashem, Shepshelovich Jeanne, Lee Ming K, Hirschberg Koret, Tekin Mustafa, Salhab Wa'el, Avraham Karen B, King Mary-Claire, Kanaan Moien
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Recessively inherited phenotypes are frequent in the Palestinian population, as the result of a historical tradition of marriages within extended kindreds, particularly in isolated villages. In order to characterise the genetics of inherited hearing loss in this population, we worked with West Bank schools for the deaf to identify children with prelingual, bilateral, severe to profound hearing loss not...
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