Linkage study and exome sequencing identify a BDP1 mutation associated with hereditary hearing loss.

Linkage study and exome sequencing identify a BDP1 mutation associated with hereditary hearing loss.

Nonsyndromic Hereditary Hearing Loss is a common disorder accounting for at least 60% of prelingual deafness. GJB2 gene mutations, GJB6 deletion, and the A1555G mitochondrial mutation play a major role worldwide in causing deafness, but there is a high degree of genetic heterogeneity and many genes...

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Main Authors: Giorgia Girotto, Khalid Abdulhadi, Annalisa Buniello, Diego Vozzi, Danilo Licastro, Angela d'Eustacchio, Dragana Vuckovic, Moza Khalifa Alkowari, Karen P Steel, Ramin Badii, Paolo Gasparini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3846559?pdf=render

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