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Connexin 26 mutations in hereditary non-syndromic sensorineural deafness.
Nature - 1 May 1997
Kelsell D P, Dunlop J, Stevens H P, Lench N J, Liang J N, Parry G, Mueller R F, Leigh I M
Abstract excerpt
Severe deafness or hearing impairment is the most prevalent inherited sensory disorder, affecting about 1 in 1,000 children. Most deafness results from peripheral auditory defects that occur as a consequence of either conductive (outer or middle ear) or sensorineuronal (cochlea) abnormalities. Although a number of mutant genes have been identified that are responsible for syndromic (multiple phenotypic disease)...
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