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[Study on nonsyndromic hereditary hearing impairment mutations of GJB2 gene in Uyghur patients in Xinjiang].
Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery - 1 Jul 2010
Li Yanhua, Guan Hongen, Xu Hongxia, Li Huiwu, Li Hui, Wei Yanhui, Ya Shengjiang, Gong Jianqi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study mutations in the GJB2 gene in Uyghur patients with nonsyndromic hearing impairment from Xinjiang. METHOD: Forty-three cases with nonsyndromic hearing impairment and 46 adults with normal hearing were performed mutational analysis of the GJB2 coding region by PCR-direct sequencing. RESULT: Six kinds of mutation have been found in the encoding region of hearing impairment group: 380G>A, 109G>A,...
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