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A splice-site variant (c.3289-1G>T) in OTOF underlies profound hearing loss in a Pakistani kindred.
BMC medical genomics - 4 Jan 2021
Ahmed Ashfaque, Wang Meng, Khan Rizwan, Shah Abid Ali, Guo Hui, Malik Sajid, Xia Kun, Hu Zhengmao
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hearing loss/deafness is a common otological disorder found in the Pakistani population due to the high prevalence of consanguineous unions, but the full range of genetic causes is still unknown. METHODS: A large consanguineous Pakistani kindred with hearing loss was studied. Whole-exome sequencing and Sanger sequencing were performed to search for the candidate gene underlying the disease phenotype....
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