Article
Common molecular etiologies are rare in nonsyndromic Tibetan Chinese patients with hearing impairment.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Yuan Yongyi, Zhang Xun, Huang Shasha, Zuo Lujie, Zhang Guozheng, Song Yueshuai, Wang Guojian, Wang Hongtian, Huang Deliang, Han Dongyi, Dai Pu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Thirty thousand infants are born every year with congenital hearing impairment in mainland China. Racial and regional factors are important in clinical diagnosis of genetic deafness. However, molecular etiology of hearing impairment in the Tibetan Chinese population living in the Tibetan Plateau has not been investigated. To provide appropriate genetic testing and counseling to Tibetan families, we...
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