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Phenotype and genotype analysis of a Chinese family with prelingual X-linked hereditary hearing impairment.
Chinese medical journal - 5 Apr 2009
Han Bing, Cheng Jing, Yang Shu-Zhi, Cao Ju-Yang, Shen Wei-Dong, Ji Fei, Kang Dong-Yang, Zhang Xin, Dai Pu, Yuan Hui-Jun
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: X-linked hearing impairment is clinically and genetically a heterogeneous disease. Although many disorders manifest with hearing loss, a limited number of sex-linked loci and only one gene (POU3F4) have been shown to be implicated in X-linked non-syndromic hearing impairment. In the present study, we have performed a clinical and genetic analysis of a Chinese family with X-linked non-syndromic hearing...
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