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Whole exome sequencing of six Chinese families with hereditary non-syndromic hearing loss.
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology - 1 Sept 2021
Liang Pengfei, Chen Fengping, Wang Shujuan, Li Qiong, Li Wei, Wang Jian, Chen Jun, Zha Dingjun
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Hereditary non-syndromic hearing loss (NSHL) has a high genetic heterogeneity with about 152 genes identified as associated molecular causes. The present study aimed to detect the possible damaging variants of the deaf probands from six unrelated Chinese families. METHODS: After excluding the pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants in the most common genes, GJB2 and SLC26A4, 12 probands with prelingual...
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