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Spectrum of GJB2 mutations in a cohort of nonsyndromic hearing loss cases from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Feb 2010
Al-Qahtani Mohammed H, Baghlab Ibtessam, Chaudhary Adeel G, Abuzenadah Adel M, Bamanie Afaf, Daghistani Kamal J, Safieh Malek, Fida Loai, Dallol Ashraf
Abstract excerpt
Nonsyndromic hearing loss (NSHL) affects a substantial proportion of newborns in the world every year. This proportion increases proportionally with the degree of consanguineous marriages in any society. In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, consanguineous marriages are common practice and this is associated with a noticeably high frequency of inherited conditions affecting the resulting progeny, including NSHL. Until...
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