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Connexin 26 and 30 mutations in paediatric patients with congenital, non-syndromic hearing loss treated with cochlear implantation in Mediterranean Turkey.
The Journal of laryngology and otology - 1 Jan 2013
Tarkan Ö, Sari P, Demirhan O, Kiroğlu M, Tuncer Ü, Sürmelioğlu Ö, Ozdemir S, Yilmaz M B, Kara K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Mutations in the genes for connexin 26 (GJB2) and connexin 30 (GJB6) play an important role in autosomal recessive, non-syndromic hearing loss. This study aimed to detect the 35delG and 167delT mutations of the GJB2 gene and the del(GJB6-D13S1830) mutation of the GJB6 gene in paediatric patients diagnosed with congenital, non-syndromic hearing loss and treated with cochlear implantation in...
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