Exome sequencing reveals novel variants and unique allelic spectrum for hearing impairment in Filipino cochlear implantees

Clin Genet. 2019 May;95(5):634-636. doi: 10.1111/cge.13515. Epub 2019 Mar 4.

Brittany T Truong¹, Talitha K L Yarza^{2

3}, Tori Bootpetch Roberts⁴, Susannah Roberts⁴, Jonathan Xu⁴, Matthew J Steritz⁴, Celina A M Tobias-Grasso⁵, Mahshid Azamian⁶, Seema R Lalani⁶, Karen L Mohlke⁷, Nanette R Lee⁸, Eva Maria Cutiongco-de la Paz^{9

10}, Maria Rina T Reyes-Quintos^{2

3

9

11}, Regie Lyn P Santos-Cortez^{1

2

4}, Charlotte M Chiong^{2

3

11}

¹ Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
² Philippine National Ear Institute, University of the Philippines (UP) Manila-National Institutes of Health (NIH), Manila, Philippines.
³ Newborn Hearing Screening Reference Center, UP Manila-NIH, Manila, Philippines.
⁴ Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
⁵ MED-EL, Innsbruck, Austria.
⁶ Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
⁷ Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
⁸ Office of Population Studies Foundation and Department of Anthropology, Sociology and History, University of San Carlos, Cebu, Philippines.
⁹ UP Manila-NIH, Manila 1000, Philippines.
¹⁰ Philippine Genome Center, Quezon City, Philippines.
¹¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, UP Manila College of Medicine-Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines.

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