A Monoallelic Variant in <i>REST</i> Is Associated with Non-Syndromic Autosomal Dominant Hearing Impairment in a South African Family

A Monoallelic Variant in <i>REST</i> Is Associated with Non-Syndromic Autosomal Dominant Hearing Impairment in a South African Family

Hearing impairment (HI) is a sensory disorder with a prevalence of 0.0055 live births in South Africa. DNA samples from a South African family presenting with progressive, autosomal dominant non-syndromic HI were subjected to whole-exome sequencing, and a novel monoallelic variant in <i>REST&l...

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Main Authors: Noluthando Manyisa, Isabelle Schrauwen, Leonardo Alves de Souza Rios, Shaheen Mowla, Cedrik Tekendo-Ngongang, Kalinka Popel, Kevin Esoh, Thashi Bharadwaj, Liz M. Nouel-Saied, Anushree Acharya, Abdul Nasir, Edmond Wonkam-Tingang, Carmen de Kock, Collet Dandara, Suzanne M. Leal, Ambroise Wonkam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Series:Genes
Subjects:
<i>REST</i>
RE1-silencing transcription factor
non-syndromic hearing impairment
South Africa
Africa
<i>DFNA27</i>
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/12/11/1765

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