Sex-linked deafness.

Authors :: Petersen MB
Wang Q
Willems PJ
Source :: Clinical genetics [Clin Genet] 2008 Jan; Vol. 73 (1), pp. 14-23. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 Nov 13.
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: Many human syndromes associated with hearing loss are caused by disease genes located on the X chromosome, but few X-linked loci for non-syndromic hearing loss have been reported. Surprisingly, a Y-linked locus has been identified, representing one of the only disease loci on the Y chromosome. This study reviews the different sex-linked genes and loci on the X- and Y chromosome leading to syndromic and especially non-syndromic hearing loss.