Contribution of connexin26 (GJB2) mutations and founder effect to non-syndromic hearing loss in India.
β Scribed by RamShankar, M. (author);Girirajan, S. (author);Dagan, O. (author);Ravi Shankar, H. M. (author);Jalvi, R. (author);Rangasayee, R. (author);Avraham, K. B. (author);Anand, A. (author)
- Book ID
- 121879962
- Publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 607 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-2593
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Mutations in the gene for connexin 26, GJB2, are the most common cause of hearing loss in American and European populations, with a carrier rate of about 3%-a rate similar to that for cystic fibrosis. A single mutation, 35delG, is responsible for most of this autosomal recessive hearing loss, DFNB1.