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Genetic etiology of hearing loss in Iran.
Human genetics - 1 Apr 2022
Babanejad Mojgan, Beheshtian Maryam, Jamshidi Fereshteh, Mohseni Marzieh, Booth Kevin T, Kahrizi Kimia, Najmabadi Hossein
Abstract excerpt
Hearing loss (HL) is an etiologically heterogeneous disorder that affects around 5% of the world's population. There has been an exponential increase in the identification of genes and variants responsible for hereditary HL over recent years. Iran, a country located in the Middle East, has a high prevalence of consanguineous marriages, so heterogeneous diseases such as HL are more common. Comprehensive studies...
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