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The Prevalence of Gap Junction Protein Beta 2 (GJB2) Mutations in Non Syndromic Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Çukurova Region.
The journal of international advanced otology - 1 Aug 2015
Bozdoğan Sevcan Tuğ, Kuran Gökhan, Yüregir Özge Özalp, Aslan Hüseyin, Haytoğlu Süheyl, Ayaz Akif, Arıkan Osman Kürşat
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To date, studies in all populations showed that mutations in the gene of Gap junction protein beta 2 (GJB2) play an important role in non-syndromic autosomal recessive congenital hearing loss. The aim of this study was to evaluate GJB2 gene of patients with hearing loss in our region using deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing method and to demonstrate region-specific mutation and polymorphism...
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