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Inframe deletion of human ESPN is associated with deafness, vestibulopathy and vision impairment.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jul 2018
Ahmed Zubair M, Jaworek Thomas J, Sarangdhar Gowri N, Zheng Lili, Gul Khitab, Khan Shaheen N, Friedman Thomas B, Sisk Robert A, Bartles James R, Riazuddin Sheikh, Riazuddin Saima
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Usher syndrome (USH) is a neurosensory disorder characterised by deafness, variable vestibular areflexia and vision loss. The aim of the study was to identify the genetic defect in a Pakistani family (PKDF1051) segregating USH. METHODS: Genome-wide linkage analysis was performed by using an Illumina linkage array followed by Sanger and exome sequencing. Heterologous cells and mouse organ of Corti...
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