| Literature DB >> 16098016 |
S Irshad1, R L P Santos, D Muhammad, K Lee, N McArthur, S Haque, W Ahmad, S M Leal.
Abstract
Hereditary hearing impairment (HI) is the most genetically heterogeneous trait known in humans. So far, 54 autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing impairment (ARNSHI) loci have been mapped, and 21 ARNSHI genes have been identified. Here is reported the mapping of a novel ARNSHI locus, DFNB55, to chromosome 4q12-q13.2 in a consanguineous Pakistani family. A maximum multipoint LOD score of 3.5 was obtained at marker D4S2638. The region of homozygosity and the 3-unit support interval are flanked by markers D4S2978 and D4S2367. The region spans 8.2 cm on the Rutgers combined linkage-physical map and contains 11.5 Mb. DFNB55 represents the third ARNSHI locus mapped to chromosome 4.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16098016 PMCID: PMC2910366 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2005.00492.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Genet ISSN: 0009-9163 Impact factor: 4.438