Mutation analysis of GJB2 and GJB6 genes in Southeastern Brazilians with hereditary nonsyndromic deafness
✍ Scribed by Melissa de Freitas Cordeiro-Silva; Andressa Barbosa; Marília Santiago; Mariana Provetti; Raquel Spinassé Dettogni; Thais Tristão Tovar; Eliete Rabbi-Bortolini; Iúri Drumond Louro
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 168 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-4851
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Hereditary hearing loss (HHL) is one of the most common congenital disorders and is highly heterogeneous. Mutations in the connexin 26 (CX26) gene (GJB2) account for about 20% of all cases of childhood deafness, and approach 50% in documented recessive cases of non-syndromic hearing loss. In additio
## Abstract The __GJB2__ gene located on chromosome 13q12 and encoding the connexin 26 (Cx26) protein, a transmembrane protein involved in cell–cell attachment of almost all tissues, including the skin, causes autosomal recessive and sometimes dominant nonsyndromic sensorineural hearing loss. __GJB