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An Arabic family has been studied in our genetic counselling centre. This family included 13 cases of heritable “uncomplicated” profound childhood deafness. All of these were the offspring of first cousin (F.C.) marriages. The inheritance pattern was consistent with autosomal recessive (A.R.) determination of the deafness and all the affected children studied showed identical phenotypic expression.
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Kabarity, A., Al-Awadi, S.A., Farag, T.I. et al. Autosomal recessive “uncomplicated” profound childhood deafness in an arabic family with high consanguinity. Hum Genet 57, 444–446 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00281704
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