Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 Biomarker phenotype HPO
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype CLINVAR
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Mutations in the gene encoding connexin 26 (GJB2) cause both autosomal recessive and dominant forms of hearing impairment. 9843210 1998
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Sporadically affected individuals with congenital NSSNHI should be routinely tested for mutations in CX26, especially if the hearing impairment is severe or profound in severity, since identification of a mutation in CX26 allows use of Mendelian recurrence risks. 10596881 1999
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE This paper presents mutation analysis for GJB2 in Japanese non-syndromic hearing loss patients compatible with recessive inheritance. 10633133 2000
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Connexin-26 gene analysis in hearing-impaired newborns. 11216657 2000
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE The hearing capacity of 30 patients (probands and their sibs) with biallelic Cx26 mutations and at least one allele with 167delT demonstrated inter- and intrafamilial variability from profound to mild hearing impairment. 11074495 2000
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE In the majority of cases, autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss is postlingual and progressive, with the exception of hearing impairment in families in which the impairment is linked to DFNA3, DFNA8/12, and DFNA24, the novel locus described in this report. 10739769 2000
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Finally, our study suggests that GJB2 should be screened for heterozygous mutations in patients with autosomal dominant isolated hearing impairment, whatever the severity of the disease. 10807696 2000
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE We show that GJB2 mutations cause a range of phenotypes from mild to profound hearing impairment and that loss of hearing in the high frequency range (4000-8000 Hz) is a characteristic feature in children with molecularly diagnosed connexin 26 hearing impairment. 10830906 2000
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Among these genes, mutations in GJB2 account for about 50% of all congenital cases of hearing impairment. 10980526 2000
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Cx26 mutations were found associated with mild to profound, and with asymmetric hearing impairment. 11313763 2001
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE A common founder for the 35delG GJB2 gene mutation in connexin 26 hearing impairment. 11483639 2001
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype LHGDN Pattern of connexin 26 (GJB2) mutations causing sensorineural hearing impairment in Ghana. 11439000 2001
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE We have assessed the efficacy of DHPLC as a screening assay for detecting mutation in Cx26 coding region in 154 patients with hereditary hearing impairment. 11438992 2001
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE We report a high prevalence of GJB2 heterozygous mutations in patients bearing the 1555A-->G mitochondrial mutation, and describe a family in which potential interaction between GJB2 and a mitochondrial gene appears to be the cause of hearing impairment. 11746015 2001
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Frequency of the recessive 30delG mutation in the GJB2 gene in Northeast-Hungarian individuals and patients with hearing impairment. 11445873 2001
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Dominant mutations of GJB2-encoding connexin-26 (Cx26) have pleiotropic effects, causing either hearing impairment (HI) alone or in association with palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK/HI). 11493646 2001
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype LHGDN Autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss in the Lebanese population: prevalence of the 30delG mutation and report of two novel mutations in the connexin 26 (GJB2) gene. 11584050 2001
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE The difference observed in Cx26 prevalence can be explained by the clinical selection of group 2, which ensures minimum risk of including cases of acquired HI. 12212857 2002
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype LHGDN Deafness resulting from mutations in the GJB2 (connexin 26) gene in Brazilian patients. 12081719 2002
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Frequencies of GJB2 mutations in German control individuals and patients showing sporadic non-syndromic hearing impairment. 12112666 2002
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype LHGDN Progressive hearing loss, and recurrent sudden sensorineural hearing loss associated with GJB2 mutations--phenotypic spectrum and frequencies of GJB2 mutations in Austria. 12189487 2002
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype LHGDN GJB2 (connexin 26) variants and nonsyndromic sensorineural hearing loss: a HuGE review. 12172392 2002
CUI: C1384666
Disease: hearing impairment
hearing impairment
0.500 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Various types of one-base substitutions were also considered to be causative mutations of GJB2 associated hearing impairment. 12167443 2002