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A novel biallelic splice site mutation of TECTA causes moderate to severe hearing impairment in an Algerian family.
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology - 1 Aug 2016
Behlouli Asma, Bonnet Crystel, Abdi Samia, Hasbellaoui Mokhtar, Boudjenah Farid, Hardelin Jean-Pierre, Louha Malek, Makrelouf Mohamed, Ammar-Khodja Fatima, Zenati Akila, Petit Christine
Abstract excerpt
Congenital deafness is certainly one of the most common monogenic diseases in humans, but it is also one of the most genetically heterogeneous, which makes molecular diagnosis challenging in most cases. Whole-exome sequencing in two out of three Algerian siblings affected by recessively-inherited, moderate to severe sensorineural deafness allowed us to identify a novel splice donor site mutation (c.5272+1G > A)...
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