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Functional analysis of splicing mutations in MYO7A and USH2A genes.
Clinical genetics - 1 Mar 2011
Jaijo T, Aller E, Aparisi M J, García-García G, Hernan I, Gamundi M J, Nájera C, Carballo M, Millán J M
Abstract excerpt
Usher syndrome is defined by the association of sensorineural hearing loss, retinitis pigmentosa and variable vestibular dysfunction. Many disease-causative mutations have been identified in MYO7A and USH2A genes, which play a major role in Usher syndrome type I and type II, respectively. The pathogenic nature of mutations that lead to premature stop codons is not questioned; nevertheless, additional studies are...
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