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Connexin-26 mutations in sporadic and inherited sensorineural deafness.
Lancet (London, England) - 7 Feb 1998
Estivill X, Fortina P, Surrey S, Rabionet R, Melchionda S, D'Agruma L, Mansfield E, Rappaport E, Govea N, Milà M, Zelante L, Gasparini P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hearing impairment affects one infant in 1000 and 4% of people aged younger than 45 years. Congenital deafness is inherited or apparently sporadic. We have shown previously that DFNB1 on chromosome 13 is a major locus for recessive deafness in about 80% of Mediterranean families and t...
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