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Autoimmune disease in a DFNA6/14/38 family carrying a novel missense mutation in WFS1.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Sept 2008
Hildebrand Michael S, Sorensen Jessica L, Jensen Maren, Kimberling William J, Smith Richard J H
Abstract excerpt
Most familial cases of autosomal dominant low frequency sensorineural hearing loss (LFSNHL) are attributable to mutations in the wolframin syndrome 1 (WFS1) gene at the DFNA6/14/38 locus. WFS1 mutations at this locus were first described in 2001 in six families segregating LFSNHL that was non-progressive below 2,000 Hz; the causative mutations all clustered in the C-terminal domain of the wolframin protein....
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