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Identification of homozygous mutations for hearing loss.
Gene - 30 Apr 2021
Dianatpour Mehdi, Smith Emily, Hashemi Seyed Basir, Farazifard Mohammad A, Nezafat Navid, Razban Vahid, Mani Arya
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hearing loss is the most common sensory disorder worldwide, affecting about 1 out of every 1000 newborns. The disease has major genetic components, and can be inherited as a single gene disorder either in autosomal dominant or recessive fashions. Due to the high rate of consanguineous unions, Iran has one of the highest prevalence of autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness (ARNSD) in the world....
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