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Frequency of the 35delG allele causing nonsyndromic recessive deafness in the Algerian patients.
Genetic counseling (Geneva, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2007
Ammar-Khodja F, Makrelouf M, Malek R, Ibrahim H, Zenati A
Abstract excerpt
Deafness is a heterogeneous disorder showing different patterns of inheritance and involving a multitude of different genes. Mutations in the GJB2 gene encoding connexin 26 (Cx26) protein are a major cause for non-syndromic autosomal recessive and sporadic deafness. Among these mutations, the c.35delG deletion is the most common mutation for sensorineural deafness. One hundred sixteen persons from fifty-eight...
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