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A Novel Spontaneous Mutation of the SOX10 Gene Associated with Waardenburg Syndrome Type II.
Neural plasticity - 1 Jan 2020
Chen Sen, Jin Yuan, Xie Le, Xie Wen, Xu Kai, Qiu Yue, Bai Xue, Zhang Hui-Min, Liu Xiao-Zhou, Wang Xiao-Hui, Kong Wei-Jia, Sun Yu
Abstract excerpt
Waardenburg syndrome (WS), also known as auditory-pigmentary syndrome, is the most common cause of syndromic hearing loss. It is responsible for 2-5% of congenital deafness. WS is classified into four types depending on the clinical phenotypes. Currently, pathogenic mutation of PAX3, MITF, EDNRB, EDN3, SNAI2, or SOX10 can cause corresponding types of WS. Among them, SOX10 mutation is responsible for approximately...
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