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Clinical Notes

Reporting the presence of three different diseases causing GJB2 mutations in a consanguineous deaf family

Elham Davoudi-Dehaghani *Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Department of Molecular Medicine, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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Mohammad-Sadegh FallahKawsar Human Genetics Research Center, Tehran, Iran;Cellular and Molecular Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Tina ShirzadKawsar Human Genetics Research Center, Tehran, Iran
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Javad Tavakkoly-Bazzaz *Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Hamideh BagherianKawsar Human Genetics Research Center, Tehran, Iran
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Sirous ZeinaliDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran;Kawsar Human Genetics Research Center, Tehran, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 128-131 | Received 19 Jun 2013, Accepted 28 Sep 2013, Published online: 13 Nov 2013

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