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Autosomal dominant prelingual hearing loss with palmoplantar keratoderma syndrome: Variability in clinical expression from mutations of R75W and R75Q in the GJB2 gene.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jul 2010
Birkenhäger Ralf, Lüblinghoff Nicola, Prera Erick, Schild Christian, Aschendorff Antje, Arndt Susan
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About one to three of a 1,000 neonates are afflicted at birth with a serious hearing impairment, with about half of the cases due to genetic causes. Genetic causes of hearing impairment are very heterogeneous. About half of all cases of genetically caused nonsyndromic hearing loss can be ascribed...
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