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A second family with nonsyndromic sensorineural hearing loss linked to Xp21.2: refinement of the DFN4 locus within DMD.
Genomics - 1 Nov 1998
Pfister M H, Apaydin F, Turan O, Bereketoglu M, Bylgen V, Braendle U, Zenner H P, Lalwani A K
Abstract excerpt
X-linked inherited hearing impairment is a group of heterogeneous disorders accounting for less than 2% of hereditary hearing loss. DFN4, a sex-linked hearing impairment associated with profound sensorineural hearing loss, has been previously mapped to Xp21.2, a region containing the DMD locus. We have identified a family from Turkey with deafness in which the disease maps to and refines the DFN4 locus. In...
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