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X-Linked Deafness 5
A neuropathy characterized by childhood onset of auditory neuropathy and later onset of distal sensory impairment due to diffuse peripheral neuropathy that is caused by hemizygous or homozygous mutation in the AIFM1 gene
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Overview
A neuropathy characterized by childhood onset of auditory neuropathy and later onset of distal sensory impairment due to diffuse peripheral neuropathy that is caused by hemizygous or homozygous mutation in the AIFM1 gene
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