Article
Estimated number of loci for autosomal recessive severe nerve deafness within the Israeli Jewish population, with implications for genetic counseling.
American journal of medical genetics - 1 Dec 1991
Brownstein Z, Friedlander Y, Peritz E, Cohen T
Abstract excerpt
Deafness occurs in about 1 per thousand live births, and at least 50% of congenital deafness is hereditary. The aim of this study was to examine the number of loci for recessively inherited severe nerve deafness of early onset within the Israeli population and to compare the results to those obtained in other populations. The Jewish population in Israel originates from many countries and may be divided into...
Topics
- Chromosome Mapping
- Deafness
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Genes, Recessive
- Genetic Counseling
- Humans
- Israel
- Jews
- Male
- Mutation
- Risk Factors