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DFNA5 (GSDME) c.991-15_991-13delTTC: Founder Mutation or Mutational Hotspot?
International journal of molecular sciences - 31 May 2020
Booth Kevin T, Azaiez Hela, Smith Richard J H
Abstract excerpt
Deafness due to mutations in the DFNA5 gene is caused by the aberrant splicing of exon 8, which results in a constitutively active truncated protein. In a large family of European descent (MORL-ADF1) segregating autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss, we used the OtoSCOPE platform to identify the genetic cause of deafness. After variant filtering and prioritization, the only remaining variant that...
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