Discovery of CDH23 as a Significant Contributor to Progressive Postlingual Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Koreans.

CDH23 mutations have mostly been associated with prelingual severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in either syndromic or nonsyndromic SNHL (DFNB12). Herein, we demonstrate the contribution of CDH23 mutations to postlingual nonsyndromic SNHL (NS-SNHL). We screened 32 Korean adult proba...

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Main Authors: Bong Jik Kim, Ah Reum Kim, Chung Lee, So Young Kim, Nayoung K D Kim, Mun Young Chang, Jihye Rhee, Mi-Hyun Park, Soo Kyung Koo, Min Young Kim, Jin Hee Han, Seung-Ha Oh, Woong-Yang Park, Byung Yoon Choi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5085094?pdf=render