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A novel M163L mutation in connexin 26 causing cell death and associated with autosomal dominant hearing loss.
Hearing research - 1 Jun 2008
Matos T D, Caria H, Simões-Teixeira H, Aasen T, Dias O, Andrea M, Kelsell D P, Fialho G
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in GJB2 gene (encoding connexin 26) are the most common cause of hereditary non-syndromic sensorineural hearing loss (NSSHL) in different populations. The majority of GJB2 mutations are recessive, but a few dominant mutations have been associated with hearing loss either isolated or ass...
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