Screening of Autosomal Recessive Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss gor GJB2 Mutations

• Main Authors: Atefeh Khosh-Aeen (Author), Fatemeh Pourfatemi (Author), Kimia Kahrizi (Author), Yaser Riaz-Alhosseini (Author), Marziyeh Mohseni (Author), Niloufar Bazzaz-Zadegan (Author), Nooshin Nik-Zaat (Author), Hossein Najm-Abadi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: Hereditary Hearing loss (HHL) affects one in 1000-2000 newborns and more than 50% of these cases, the loss has a genetic basis. About 70% of HHL is non-syndromic with autosomal recessive forms accounting for ~85% of the genetic load. To date, more than 100 locus estimated for this kind of...