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Genetic causes of nonsyndromic hearing loss in Iran in comparison with other populations.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Oct 2010
Mahdieh Nejat, Rabbani Bahareh, Wiley Susan, Akbari Mohammad Taghi, Zeinali Sirous
Abstract excerpt
Hearing loss (HL) is the most prevalent sensory defect affecting 1 in 500 neonates. Genetic factors are involved in half of the cases. The extreme heterogeneity of HL makes it difficult to analyze and determine the accurate genetic causes of the impairment. Up to now, 10 genes, namely, GJB2, GJB6, SLC26A4, TECTA, PJVK, Col11A2, Myo15A, TMC1, RDX and microRNA (miR-183), have been studied in an Iranian population....
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