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The genetic and phenotypic landscapes of Usher syndrome: from disease mechanisms to a new classification.
Human genetics - 1 Apr 2022
Delmaghani Sedigheh, El-Amraoui Aziz
Abstract excerpt
Usher syndrome (USH) is the most common cause of deaf-blindness in humans, with a prevalence of about 1/10,000 (~ 400,000 people worldwide). Cochlear implants are currently used to reduce the burden of hearing loss in severe-to-profoundly deaf patients, but many promising treatments including gene, cell, and drug therapies to restore the native function of the inner ear and retinal sensory cells are under...
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