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Identification of novel variants in the Myosin VIIA gene of patients with nonsyndromic hearing loss from Taiwan.
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology - 1 Jun 2009
Su Mao-Chang, Yang Jiann-Jou, Su Ching-Chyuan, Hsin Chung-Han, Li Shuan-Yow
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether variants of exons 7, 11, 22 and 28 of the MYO7A gene are causes of nonsyndromic deafness in Taiwanese. METHODS: We screened a total of 331 unrelated Taiwanese individuals (age range, 4-22 years), including 231 patients with severe to profound nonsyndromic hearing loss and 100 individuals with normal hearing. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood leukocytes and then...
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