Molecular Epidemiology and Functional Assessment of Novel Allelic Variants of SLC26A4 in Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss Patients with Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct in China

Yongyi Yuan; Weiwei Guo; Jie Tang; Guozheng Zhang; Guojian Wang; Mingyu Han; Xun Zhang; Shiming Yang; David Z. Z. He; Pu Dai

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049984

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Molecular Epidemiology and Functional Assessment of Novel Allelic Variants of SLC26A4 in Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss Patients with Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct in China

Yongyi Yuan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yongyi Yuan, Weiwei Guo

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Department of Otolaryngology, Hainan Branch of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Sanya, People’s Republic of China
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Weiwei Guo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yongyi Yuan, Weiwei Guo

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Jie Tang,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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Guozheng Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, 3rd hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, People’s Republic of China
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Guojian Wang,

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Department of Otolaryngology, Hainan Branch of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Sanya, People’s Republic of China
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Mingyu Han,

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Department of Otolaryngology, Hainan Branch of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Sanya, People’s Republic of China
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Xun Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, 3rd hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, People’s Republic of China
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Shiming Yang ,

* E-mail: daipu301@vip.sina.com (PD); yangsm301@263.net (SY); davidhe@creighton.edu (DZZH)

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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David Z. Z. He ,

* E-mail: daipu301@vip.sina.com (PD); yangsm301@263.net (SY); davidhe@creighton.edu (DZZH)

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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Pu Dai

* E-mail: daipu301@vip.sina.com (PD); yangsm301@263.net (SY); davidhe@creighton.edu (DZZH)

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Department of Otolaryngology, Hainan Branch of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Sanya, People’s Republic of China
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Molecular Epidemiology and Functional Assessment of Novel Allelic Variants of SLC26A4 in Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss Patients with Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct in China

Yongyi Yuan,
Weiwei Guo,
Jie Tang,
Guozheng Zhang,
Guojian Wang,
Mingyu Han,
Xun Zhang,
Shiming Yang,
David Z. Z. He,
Pu Dai

Published: November 21, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049984

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