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A truncating mutation in SERPINB6 is associated with autosomal-recessive nonsyndromic sensorineural hearing loss.
American journal of human genetics - 14 May 2010
Sirmaci Asli, Erbek Seyra, Price Justin, Huang Mingqian, Duman Duygu, Cengiz F Başak, Bademci Güney, Tokgöz-Yilmaz Suna, Hişmi Burcu, Ozdağ Hilal, Oztürk Banu, Kulaksizoğlu Sevsen, Yildirim Erkan, Kokotas Haris, Grigoriadou Maria, Petersen Michael B, Shahin Hashem, Kanaan Moien, King Mary-Claire, Chen Zheng-Yi, Blanton Susan H, Liu Xue Z, Zuchner Stephan, Akar Nejat, Tekin Mustafa
Abstract excerpt
More than 270 million people worldwide have hearing loss that affects normal communication. Although astonishing progress has been made in the identification of more than 50 genes for deafness during the past decade, the majority of deafness genes are yet to be identified. In this study, we mapped a previously unknown autosomal-recessive nonsyndromic sensorineural hearing loss locus (DFNB91) to chromosome 6p25 in...
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