A comparative analysis of the genetic epidemiology of deafness in the United States in two sets of pedigrees collected more than a century apart.

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Published in Am J Hum Genet on July 24, 2008

Authors

Kathleen S Arnos1, Katherine O Welch, Mustafa Tekin, Virginia W Norris, Susan H Blanton, Arti Pandya, Walter E Nance

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC 20002, USA. kathleen.arnos@gallaudet.edu

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