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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ansar M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2920138 | biostudies-literature | 2004
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Human heredity 20040101 4
The genetic etiology for many forms of hearing impairment (HI) is very diverse. Non-syndromic HI (NSHI) is one of the most heterogeneous traits known. Autosomal recessive forms of prelingual HI account for approximately 75% of hereditary cases. A novel autosomal recessive NSHI locus, DFNB44, was mapped to a 20.9 cM genetic interval on chromosome 7p14.1-q11.22, according to the Marshfield genetic map, in a consanguineous Pakistani family. Multipoint linkage analysis resulted in a maximum LOD scor ...[more]