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Old gene, new phenotype: splice-altering variants in CEACAM16 cause recessive non-syndromic hearing impairment.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Aug 2018
Booth Kevin T, Kahrizi Kimia, Najmabadi Hossein, Azaiez Hela, Smith Richard Jh
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hearing loss is a genetically and phenotypically heterogeneous disorder. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine the genetic cause underlying the postlingual progressive hearing loss in two Iranian families. METHODS: We used OtoSCOPE, a next-generation sequencing platform targeting >150 genes causally linked to deafness, to screen two deaf probands. Data analysis was completed using a...
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