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A frameshift mutation in GRXCR2 causes recessively inherited hearing loss.
Human mutation - 1 May 2014
Imtiaz Ayesha, Kohrman David C, Naz Sadaf
Abstract excerpt
More than 360 million humans are affected with some degree of hearing loss, either early or later in life. A genetic cause for the disorder is present in a majority of the cases. We mapped a locus (DFNB101) for hearing loss in humans to chromosome 5q in a consanguineous Pakistani family. Exome sequencing revealed an insertion mutation in GRXCR2 as the cause of moderate-to-severe and likely progressive hearing...
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