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Reporting the presence of three different diseases causing GJB2 mutations in a consanguineous deaf family.
International journal of audiology - 1 Feb 2014
Davoudi-Dehaghani Elham, Fallah Mohammad-Sadegh, Shirzad Tina, Tavakkoly-Bazzaz Javad, Bagherian Hamideh, Zeinali Sirous
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: This paper reports a consanguineous deaf family with three different mutations in the GJB2 gene. DESIGN: Four members of an Iranian deaf family were recruited in this study. The GJB2 coding region and exon-intron boundaries were investigated using direct sequencing. STUDY SAMPLE: The proposita was a 12-year-old girl with congenital non-syndromic hearing loss. She was born to consanguineous parents. The...
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