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Clinical evaluation of DFN3 patients with deletions in the POU3F4 locus and detection of carrier female using MLPA.
Clinical genetics - 1 Dec 2010
Song M H, Lee H K, Choi J Y, Kim S, Bok J, Kim U-K
Abstract excerpt
X-linked deafness type 3 (DFN3), the most prevalent X-linked form of hereditary deafness, is caused by mutations of the POU3F4 locus in the Xq21 region. We evaluated two Korean families showing typical characteristics of DFN3, such as congenital hearing loss and pathognomonic inner ear anomalies. Genetic analysis of these families did not reveal any mutations in the POU3F4 coding sequence. Instead, one family...
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