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Detailed Clinical Features of PTPRQ-Associated Hearing Loss Identified in a Large Japanese Hearing Loss Cohort.
Genes - 12 Apr 2024
Sakuma Naoko, Nishio Shin-Ya, Goto Shin-Ichi, Honkura Yohei, Oda Kiyoshi, Takeda Hidehiko, Kobayashi Marina, Kumakawa Kozo, Iwasaki Satoshi, Takahashi Masahiro, Ito Taku, Arai Yasuhiro, Isono Yasuhiro, Obara Natsuko, Matsunobu Takeshi, Okubo Kimihiro, Usami Shin-Ichi
Abstract excerpt
The PTPRQ gene has been identified as one of the genes responsible for non-syndromic sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), and assigned as DFNA73 and DFNB84. To date, about 30 causative PTPRQ variants have been reported to cause SNHL. However, the detailed clinical features of PTPRQ-associated hearing loss (HL) remain unclear. In this study, 15,684 patients with SNHL were enrolled and genetic analysis was performed...
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