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Deafness on the island of Providencia - Colombia: different etiology, different genetic counseling.

Genetic counseling (Geneva, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2008

Lattig M C, Gelvez N, Plaza S L, Tamayo G, Uribe J I, Salvatierra I, Bernal J E, Tamayo M L

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Providencia is a small island located in the Caribbean Ocean, northwest of Colombia with an unusually high frequency of individuals with hearing loss (5 in 1,000) is present. The hearing loss in the island was characterized as non-syndromic autosomal recessive deafness accounting for 47% (8/17) o...

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PMID: 19239084

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