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Low prevalence of DFNB1 (connexin 26) mutations in British Pakistani children with non-syndromic sensorineural hearing loss.
Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Sept 2011
Yoong Soo Y, Mavrogiannis Lampros A, Wright John, Fairley Lesley, Bennett Christopher P, Charlton Ruth S, Spencer Nick
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the clinical sensitivity of DFNB1 genetic testing (analysis of the connexin 26 gene GJB2) for non-syndromic sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in British Pakistani children and extend to a comparison with British White children and literature data. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: City of Bradford, UK. PATIENTS: Overall, 177 children (152 families) were eligible; 147 children...
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