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Leber Congenital Amaurosis with Early-Onset Deafness
A sensory system disease characterized by early-onset and severe photoreceptor and cochlear cell loss that is caused by heterozygous mutation in the TUBB4B gene on chromosome 9q34.3.
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Overview
A sensory system disease characterized by early-onset and severe photoreceptor and cochlear cell loss that is caused by heterozygous mutation in the TUBB4B gene on chromosome 9q34.3.
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