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Molecular etiology of hearing impairment in Inner Mongolia: mutations in SLC26A4 gene and relevant phenotype analysis.
Journal of translational medicine - 30 Nov 2008
Dai Pu, Yuan Yongyi, Huang Deliang, Zhu Xiuhui, Yu Fei, Kang Dongyang, Yuan Huijun, Wu Bailin, Han Dongyi, Wong Lee-Jun C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The molecular etiology of hearing impairment in Chinese has not been thoroughly investigated. Study of GJB2 gene revealed that 30.4% of the patients with hearing loss in Inner Mongolia carried GJB2 mutations. The SLC26A4 gene mutations and relevant phenotype are analyzed in this study...
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