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Waardenburg syndrome type II in a Chinese pedigree caused by frameshift mutation in the SOX10 gene.
Bioscience reports - 25 Jun 2021
Li Li, Ma Jing, He Xiao-Li, Zhou Yuan-Tao, Zhang Yu, Chen Quan-Dong, Zhang Lin, Ruan Biao, Zhang Tie-Song
Abstract excerpt
Waardenburg syndrome (WS) is a congenital hereditary disease, attributed to the most common symptoms of sensorineural deafness and iris hypopigmentation. It is also known as the hearing-pigmentation deficient syndrome. Mutations on SOXl0 gene often lead to congenital deafness and has been shown to play an important role in the pathogenesis of WS. We investigated one family of five members, with four patients...
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