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Absence of KCNQ4 mutation in Bengali families with ADNSHL originated from West Bengal, India.
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology - 1 Sept 2017
Adhikary Bidisha, Bankura Biswabandhu, Biswas Subhradev, Paul Silpita, Das Madhusudan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Autosomal Dominant Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss (ADNSHL) is extremely heterogeneous in nature. More than 60 loci with 30 different genes have been identified linked to ADNSHL. Mutation in KCNQ4 is considered as one of the most common causative factor responsible for ADNSHL. No study focused on the genetic alteration of KCNQ4 gene among hearing loss patients in India. The present study for the first time...
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