Case Report: First Report of Mutation in Col 11A2 Gene in an Iranian Family with Autosomal Rrecessive Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss

• Main Authors: Kimia Kahrizi (Author), Ahmad Daneshi (Author), Yasser Riaz-el Hosseini (Author), Carla Nishimora (Author), Richard Smith (Author), Hossein Najm-Abadi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, 2003-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Hereditary Hearing loss (HHL) affects one in 2000 netborns and more than 50% of these cases, the loss has a genetic basis. About 70% of HHL is non-syndromic with autosomal recessive mode of inheritance accounting for ~85% of the genetic load and more than hundred loci have been estimated for this ki...