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Molecular etiology of hearing impairment associated with nonsyndromic enlarged vestibular aqueduct in East China.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Sept 2013
Chai Yongchuan, Huang Zhiwu, Tao Zheng, Li Xiaohua, Li Lei, Li Yun, Wu Hao, Yang Tao
Abstract excerpt
Recessive mutations in SLC26A4 and in rarer cases double heterozygous mutations of FOXI1/SLC26A4 and KCNJ10/SLC26A4 lead to hearing impairment associated with enlarged vestibular aqueduct (EVA), the most common inner ear malformation. In our large cohort study, we addressed several important questions to the molecular etiology of this disorder. The overall prevalence of SLC26A4 mutations in nonsyndromic childhood...
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