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Prevalence of GJB2 mutations in the Silk Road region of China and a report of three novel variants.
Acta oto-laryngologica - 1 Apr 2014
Du Wan, Zhu Yi Ming, Guo Yu Fen, Wang Qiu Ju, Liu Xiao Wen
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CONCLUSION: The c.235delC of GJB2 gene is the hotspot mutation of the hearing loss population in the Silk Road region of China. It is high time that some active interventions (such as hearing aids or cochlear implant) are provided to improve their language ability and quality of life. OBJECTIVES: The first gene to be identified for humans with nonsyndromic hearing loss was GJB2 gene. We investigated the...
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