Prevalence Study of GJB2 Gene Mutations in Iranian Ethnics

• Main Authors: Kimia Kahrizi (Author), Niloufar Bazzaz-Zadegan (Author), Marzieh Mohseni (Author), Noushin Nik-Zaat (Author), Khadijeh Jalalvand (Author), Yaser Riaz-el Hosseini (Author), Yousef Shafeghati (Author), Sanaz Arzhangi (Author), Khalil Javan (Author), Hosein Najmabadi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: Hereditary hearing loss (HHL) is a very common disorder. When inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, it typically presents as an isolated finding. Interestingly and unexpectedly, in spite of extreme heterogeneity, mutations in one gene, GJB2, are the most common cause of congenital s...