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Nonsyndromic X-linked hearing loss.
Frontiers in bioscience (Elite edition) - 1 Jan 2012
Song Mee Hyun, Lee Kyu-Yup, Choi Jae Young, Bok Jinwoong, Kim Un-Kyung
Abstract excerpt
To date, 135 loci and 50 genes have been identified as causes of nonsyndromic hearing loss. Until recently, four loci (DFN2, DFN3, DFN4, and DFN6) had been implicated in nonsyndromic X-linked hearing loss; however, a new classification (DFNX1-5) has been proposed to reduce confusion in the terminology. The different types of nonsyndromic X-linked hearing loss demonstrate various clinical features in terms of the...
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