,
Schrauwen, Isabelle
Chakchouk, Imen
Acharya, Anushree
Liaqat, Khurram
Irfanullah,
Nickerson, Deborah A.
Bamshad, Michael J.
Shah, Khadim
Ahmad, Wasim
Leal, Suzanne M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (UM1 HG006493)
National Institutes of Health (UM1 HG006493)
National Institutes of Health (UM1 HG006493)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (R01 DC011651)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (R01 DC003594)
Article History
Received: 1 March 2018
Accepted: 24 May 2018
First Online: 20 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of the Quaid-i-Azam University and the Baylor College of Medicine and Affiliated Hospitals (H-17566). Written informed consent was obtained from all participating members.
: I.S. and W.A. are members of the BMC Medical Genetics editorial board. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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