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Investigation of GJB6 large deletions in Iranian patients using quantitative real-time PCR.
Clinical laboratory - 1 Jan 2010
Mahdieh Nejat, Raeisi Marzieh, Shirkavand Atefeh, Bagherian Hamideh, Akbari Mohammad Taghi, Zeinali Sirous
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BACKGROUND: Hearing loss is a serious sensory defect in the world. Mutations in the GJB2 and GJB6 genes are the major causes of autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss (NSHL). Recently, three major large deletions in the GJB6 gene including del(GJB6-D13S1830), del(GJB6-D13S1854), and a > 92...
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