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Whole exome sequencing identified mutations causing hearing loss in five consanguineous Pakistani families.
BMC medical genetics - 18 Jul 2020
Zhou Yingjie, Tariq Muhammad, He Sijie, Abdullah Uzma, Zhang Jianguo, Baig Shahid Mahmood
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hearing loss is the most common sensory defect, and it affects over 6% of the population worldwide. Approximately 50-60% of hearing loss patients are attributed to genetic causes. Currently, more than 100 genes have been reported to cause non-syndromic hearing loss. It is possible and efficient to screen all potential disease-causing genes for hereditary hearing loss by whole exome sequencing (WES)....
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