Report of Iranian Family with Pendred Syndrome with New Mutation T420I, and Multiply Heterozygous New Mutation T420I and 1197delT

• Main Authors: Hossein Najm-Abadi (Author), Kimia Kahrizi (Author), Marzieh Mohseni (Author), Fatemeh Sadat Esteghamat (Author), Sanaz Arzhangi (Author), Richard Smith (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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The incidence of profound congenital hearing loss is about 1 in 1,000 live birth. There are more than 50 distinct genetic loci (known as DFNB loci) at which mutations can cause recessive hearing loss. DFNB4, one recessive locus for deafness, also maps to 7q31 considerably for nonsyndromic hearing lo...