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[Progressive hearing impairment with deletion in GJB2 gene despite normal newborn hearing screening].
Laryngo- rhino- otologie - 1 Apr 2014
Prera N, Löhle E, Birkenhäger R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Hearing impairment is the most common sensorineural disease in humans. About 1-3 per 1 000 neonates suffers at birth or in the first years from high-grade to severe hearing impairment. About half of the cases are due to genetic alterations. Most commonly, the GJB2 gene (connexin-26) is concerned with the mutation c.35delG. MATERIAL AND METHODES: All patients showed a severe to profound hearing...
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