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Defects in vestibular sensory epithelia and innervation in mice with loss of Chd7 function: implications for human CHARGE syndrome.
The Journal of comparative neurology - 10 Oct 2007
Adams Meredith E, Hurd Elizabeth A, Beyer Lisa A, Swiderski Donald L, Raphael Yehoash, Martin Donna M
Abstract excerpt
CHD7 is a chromodomain gene mutated in CHARGE syndrome, a multiple anomaly condition characterized by ocular coloboma, heart defects, atresia of the choanae, retarded growth and development, genital hypoplasia, and ear defects including deafness and semicircular canal dysgenesis. Mice with heterozygous Chd7 deficiency have circling behavior and semicircular canal defects and are an excellent animal model for...
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