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A mutation of MET, encoding hepatocyte growth factor receptor, is associated with human DFNB97 hearing loss
4 May 2015
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BACKGROUND: Hearing loss is a heterogeneous neurosensory disorder. Mutations of 56 genes are reported to cause recessively inherited non-syndromic deafness. OBJECTIVE: We sought to identify the genetic lesion causing hearing loss segregating in a large consanguineous Pakistani family. METHODS AND RESULTS: Mutations of GJB2 and all other genes reported to underlie recessive deafness were ruled out as the cause of...
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