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The Genetic Basis of Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss in Indian and Pakistani Populations.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Sept 2015
Yan Denise, Kannan-Sundhari Abhiraami, Vishwanath Subramanian, Qing Jie, Mittal Rahul, Kameswaran Mohan, Liu Xue Zhong
Abstract excerpt
Deafness encompasses a series of etiologically heterogeneous disorders with mutations in more than 400 independent genes. However, several studies indicate that a large proportion of both syndromic and nonsyndromic forms of deafness in the racially diverse Indian and Pakistani populations are caused by defects in just a few genes. In these countries, there is a strong cultural preference for consanguineous...
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