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Spectrum of MYO7A Mutations in an Indigenous South African Population Further Elucidates the Nonsyndromic Autosomal Recessive Phenotype of DFNB2 to Include Both Homozygous and Compound Heterozygous Mutations.
Genes - 15 Feb 2021
Kabahuma Rosemary Ida, Schubert Wolf-Dieter, Labuschagne Christiaan, Yan Denise, Blanton Susan Halloran, Pepper Michael Sean, Liu Xue Zhong
Abstract excerpt
MYO7A gene encodes unconventional myosin VIIA, which, when mutated, causes a phenotypic spectrum ranging from recessive hearing loss DFNB2 to deaf-blindness, Usher Type 1B (USH1B). MYO7A mutations are reported in nine DFNB2 families to date, none from sub-Saharan Africa.In DNA, from a cohort of 94 individuals representing 92 families from the Limpopo province of South Africa, eight MYO7A variations were detected...
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