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Comprehensive molecular diagnosis of 67 Chinese Usher syndrome probands: high rate of ethnicity specific mutations in Chinese USH patients.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 4 Sept 2015
Jiang Lichun, Liang Xiaofang, Li Yumei, Wang Jing, Zaneveld Jacques Eric, Wang Hui, Xu Shan, Wang Keqing, Wang Binbin, Chen Rui, Sui Ruifang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Usher syndrome (USH) is the most common disease causing combined deafness and blindness. It is predominantly an autosomal recessive genetic disorder with occasionally digenic cases. Molecular diagnosis of USH patients is important for disease management. Few studies have tried to find the genetic cause of USH in Chinese patients. This study was designed to determine the mutation spectrum of Chinese...
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