Mutations in the connexin26/GJB2 gene ar
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Heinz Gabriel; Petra Kupsch; JΓΌrgen Sudendey; Elke Winterhager; Klaus Jahnke; JΓΌ
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Congenital sensorineural hearing loss affects approximately 1/1,000 live births. Mutations in the gene encoding connexin26 (GJB2) have been described as a major cause of genetic nonsyndromic hearing impairment. Additionally, another gap junction gene, connexin30 (GJB6), was found to be responsible f