Article
Apparent phenotypic anticipation in autosomal dominant connexin 26 deafness.
Journal of basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology - 1 Sept 2014
Sokolov Meirav, Brownstein Zippora, Frydman Moshe, Avraham Karen B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Connexin 26 (GJB2) mutations are associated with various types of hearing loss, either without associated symptoms or with skin disease, constituting a form of syndromic hearing loss. These mutations can lead to deafness in either a recessive or a dominant autosomal form of inheritance. METHODS: Ascertainment of a Jewish Ashkenazi family with nonsyndromic hearing loss led to the construction of a...
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