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A six-generation Chinese family in haplogroup B4C1C exhibits high penetrance of 1555A > G-induced hearing Loss.
BMC medical genetics - 7 Sept 2010
Bai Yan, Wang Zhengmin, Dai Wenjia, Li Qingzhong, Chen Guoling, Cong Ning, Guan Minxin, Li Huawei
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BACKGROUND: The 1555A > G mutation is the most common cause of aminoglycoside-induced and non-syndromic deafness. However, the variable clinical phenotype and incomplete penetrance of A1555G-induced hearing loss complicate our understanding of this mutation. Environmental factors, nuclear genes, mitochondrial haplotypes/variants and a possible threshold effect have been reported to may be involved in its...
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