Molecular diagnosis of non-syndromic hearing loss patients using a stepwise approach.

ABSTRACT: Hearing loss is one of the most common birth disorders in humans, with an estimated prevalence of 1-3 in every 1000 newborns. This study investigates the molecular etiology of a hearing loss cohort using a stepwise strategy to effectively diagnose patients and address the challenges posed by the genetic heterogeneity and variable mutation spectrum of hearing loss. In order to target known pathogenic variants, multiplex PCR plus next-generation sequencing was applied in the first step; patients which did not receive a diagnosis from this were further referred for exome sequencing. A total of 92 unrelated patients with nonsyndromic hearing loss were enrolled in the study. In total, 64% (59/92) of the patients were molecularly diagnosed, 44 of them in the first step by multiplex PCR plus sequ

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7889619 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature