Whole exome sequencing identified mutations causing hearing loss in five consanguineous Pakistani families

• Main Authors: Yingjie Zhou (Author), Muhammad Tariq (Author), Sijie He (Author), Uzma Abdullah (Author), Jianguo Zhang (Author), Shahid Mahmood Baig (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hearing loss is the most common sensory defect, and it affects over 6% of the population worldwide. Approximately 50-60% of hearing loss patients are attributed to genetic causes. Currently, more than 100 genes have been reported to cause non-syndromic hearing loss. It is possibl...