Hereditary hearing loss (HHL) is an extremely common disorder. About 70% of HHL is non-syndromic, with autosomal recessive forms accounting for ~ 85% of the genetic load. Although very heterogeneous, the most common cause of HHL in many different world populations is mutations of GJB2, a gene that e
Novel CLDN14 mutations in Pakistani families with autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss
β Scribed by Kwanghyuk Lee; Muhammad Ansar; Paula B. Andrade; Bushra Khan; Regie Lyn P. Santos-Cortez; Wasim Ahmad; Suzanne M. Leal
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 293 KB
- Volume
- 158A
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4825
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