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Research progress in pathogenic genes of hereditary non-syndromic mid-frequency deafness.
Frontiers of medicine - 1 Jun 2016
Xia Wenjun, Liu Fei, Ma Duan
Abstract excerpt
Hearing impairment is considered as the most prevalent impairment worldwide. Almost 600 million people in the world suffer from mild or moderate hearing impairment, an estimated 10% of the human population. Genetic factors play an important role in the pathogenesis of this disorder. Hereditary hearing loss is divided into syndromic hearing loss (associated with other anomalies) and non-syndromic hearing loss (not...
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