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SUBMITTER: Figueroa-Ildefonso E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6723399 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Figueroa-Ildefonso Erick E Bademci Guney G Rajabli Farid F Cornejo-Olivas Mario M Villanueva Ruy Diego Chacón RDC Badillo-Carrillo Rodolfo R Inca-Martinez Miguel M Neyra Karina Milla KM Sineni Claire C Tekin Mustafa M
Genes 20190731 8
<b>:</b> Hearing loss (HL) is a common sensory disorder affecting over 5% of the global population. The etiology underlying HL includes congenital and acquired causes; genetic factors are the main cause in over 50% of congenital cases. Pathogenic variants in the <i>GJB2</i> gene are a major cause of congenital non-syndromic hearing loss (NSHL), while their distribution is highly heterogeneous in different populations. To the best of our knowledge, there is no data regarding the genetic etiologie ...[more]