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SUBMITTER: Apaydin F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6181136 | biostudies-other | 1998 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Apaydin F F Pfister M M Iber M M Kandogan T T Leal S M SM Brändle U U Cura O O Zenner H P HP
HNO 19980901 9
The authors describe a study in progress to identify Turkish families with hereditary hearing loss and isolate possible responsible disease genes. Due to extreme genetic heterogeneity and limited audiological differentiation of hereditary hearing loss, it is necessary to identify large or small families from genetic isolates to locate loci responsible for hearing loss on a chromosome. To accomplish this goal, the medical records of 3800 children were examined at the ENT Clinic of Ege University ...[more]