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A comprehensive introduction to the genetic basis of non-syndromic hearing loss in the Saudi Arabian population.
BMC medical genetics - 4 Jul 2011
Imtiaz Faiqa, Taibah Khalid, Ramzan Khushnooda, Bin-Khamis Ghada, Kennedy Shelley, Al-Mubarak Bashayer, Trabzuni Daniah, Allam Rabab, Al-Mostafa Abeer, Sogaty Sameera, Al-Shaikh Abdulmoneem H, Bamukhayyar Saeed S, Meyer Brian F, Al-Owain Mohammed
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hearing loss is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorder. Mutations in the DFNB1 locus have been reported to be the most common cause of autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss worldwide. Apart from DFNB1, many other loci and their underlying genes have also been identified and the basis of our study was to provide a comprehensive introduction to the delineation of the molecular...
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