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A new mutation in the COL4A3 gene responsible for autosomal dominant Alport syndrome, which only generates hearing loss in some carriers.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2015
Rosado Consolación, Bueno Elena, Fraile Pilar, García-Cosmes Pedro, González-Sarmiento Rogelio
Abstract excerpt
Bilateral sensorineural hearing loss is a characteristic feature of Alport syndrome, which is always linked to renal manifestations so they have a parallel evolution and prognosis, and deafness helps to identify the renal disease. We report a family that suffers an autosomal dominant Alport syndrome caused by a previously undescribed mutation in the COL4A3 gene, in which several members have hearing impairment as...
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