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Targeted Resequencing of Deafness Genes Reveals a Founder MYO15A Variant in Northeastern Brazil.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Nov 2016
Manzoli Gabrielle N, Bademci Guney, Acosta Angelina X, Félix Têmis M, Cengiz F Basak, Foster Joseph, Da Silva Danniel S Dias, Menendez Ibis, Sanchez-Pena Isalis, Tekin Demet, Blanton Susan H, Abe-Sandes Kiyoko, Liu Xue Zhong, Tekin Mustafa
Abstract excerpt
Identifying the genetic etiology in a person with hearing loss (HL) is challenging due to the extreme genetic heterogeneity in HL and the population-specific variability. In this study, after excluding GJB2 variants, targeted resequencing of 180 deafness-related genes revealed the causative variants in 11 of 19 (58%) Brazilian probands with autosomal recessive HL. Identified pathogenic variants were in MYO15A (10...
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