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GJB3/GJB6 screening in GJB2 carriers with idiopathic hearing loss: Is it necessary?
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis - 1 Nov 2018
Chen Kaitian, Wu Xuan, Zong Ling, Jiang Hongyan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genetic analysis detected excessive mono-allelic recessive GJB2 mutations in individuals with idiopathic deafness; the remaining alleles in trans/cis are underdetermined. The aim of this study was to assess the contributions of variants in GJB3 or GJB6 to non-syndromic sensorineural hearing impairment (NSHI) in Chinese patients with mono-allelic GJB2 mutations. METHODS: The entire coding sequences of...
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