Spectrum of genetic changes in patients with non-syndromic hearing impairment and extremely high carrier frequency of 35delG GJB2 mutation in Belarus.

The genetic nature of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) has so far been studied for many ethnic groups in various parts of the world. The single-nucleotide guanine deletion (35delG) of the GJB2 gene coding for connexin 26 was shown to be the main genetic cause of autosomal recessive deafness among E...

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Main Authors: Nina Danilenko, Elena Merkulava, Marina Siniauskaya, Olga Olejnik, Anastasia Levaya-Smaliak, Alena Kushniarevich, Andrey Shymkevich, Oleg Davydenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22567152/pdf/?tool=EBI