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V37I connexin 26 allele in patients with sensorineural hearing loss: evidence of its pathogenicity.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 15 Nov 2006
Huculak C, Bruyere H, Nelson T N, Kozak F K, Langlois S
Abstract excerpt
Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is the most common inherited sensory disorder, reported in 1-3 of every 1,000 births. It has been estimated that 50% of all cases of prelingual SNHL are genetically determined. There is tremendous genetic heterogeneity, with multiple dominant and recessive loci. Mutations of the gap junction beta-2 gene (GJB2) emerge as a leading cause of autosomal recessive non-syndromic SNHL....
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