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Genetics of non-syndromic hearing loss in the Middle East.
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology - 1 Dec 2014
Najmabadi Hossein, Kahrizi Kimia
Abstract excerpt
Hearing impairment is the most common sensory disorder, present 1 in every 500 newborns. About 80% of genetic HL is classified as non-syndromic deafness. To date, over 115 non-syndromic loci have been identified of which fifty associated with autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss (ARNSHL). In this review article, we represent the 40 genes function and contribution to genetic deafness in different Middle...
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