Lebeko K, Sloan-Heggen C M, Noubiap J J N, Dandara C, Kolbe D L, Ephraim S S, Booth K T, Azaiez H, Santos-Cortez R L P, Leal S M, Smith R J H, Wonkam A
Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Department of Otolaryngology, Molecular Otolaryngology and Renal Research Laboratories, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Clin Genet. 2016 Sep;90(3):288-90. doi: 10.1111/cge.12799. Epub 2016 Jun 1.
In sub-Saharan Africa GJB2-related nonsyndromic hearing impairment (NSHI) is rare. Ten Cameroonian families was studied using a platform (OtoSCOPE®) with 116 genes. In seven of 10 families (70%), 12 pathogenic variants were identified in six genes. Five of the 12 (41.6%) variants are novel. These results confirm the efficiency of comprehensive genetic testing in defining the causes of NSHI in sub-Saharan Africa.
在撒哈拉以南非洲地区,与GJB2相关的非综合征性听力损失(NSHI)较为罕见。对10个喀麦隆家庭使用一个包含116个基因的平台(OtoSCOPE®)进行了研究。在10个家庭中的7个(70%)家庭里,在6个基因中鉴定出了12个致病变异。这12个变异中有5个(41.6%)是新发现的。这些结果证实了全面基因检测在确定撒哈拉以南非洲地区NSHI病因方面的有效性。