GJB2 (connexin 26) gene mutations in Moroccan patients with autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss and carrier frequency of the common GJB2-35delG mutation.

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Published in Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol on June 05, 2007

Authors

Omar Abidi1, Redouane Boulouiz, Halima Nahili, Mohammed Ridal, Mohamed Noureddine Alami, Abdelaziz Tlili, Hassan Rouba, Saber Masmoudi, Abdelaziz Chafik, Mohammed Hassar, Abdelhamid Barakat

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratoire de Génétique Humaine, Département de Recherche Scientifique, Institut Pasteur, Casablanca, Morocco.

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