supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31522034,81521002,81730038);the National High Technology Research and Development Program(2015AA020407)
Birth defects are caused by multiple factors,such as chromosome abnormality,environmental factors,and maternal factors.In this study,we focused on exploring the genetic causes of a non-consanguineous couple who suffer...
supported by the National Program on Key Basic Research Project(2014CB943001 and 2012CB944700);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81120108009 and 81530032);the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China(201402004);Science and Technology Plan of Guangdong Province(2013B022000005);Guangdong Enterprise Key Laboratory of Human Disease Genomics(2011A060906007);Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Birth Defects Screening([2011]861)
A couple with a proband child of GJB2 (encoding the gap junction protein connexin 26)-associated hearing impairment and a previous pregnancy miscarriage sought for a reproductive solution to bear a healthy child. Ou...