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Fig. 4 | Hereditas

Fig. 4

From: Common founder effects of hereditary hemochromatosis, Wilson´s disease, the long QT syndrome and autosomal recessive deafness caused by two novel mutations in the WHRN and TMC1 genes

Fig. 4

Pedigree showing families with LQTS and hearing loss (suspected Jervell and Lange Nielsen syndrome (JLNS). D 9 was deaf-mute and died of stroke at age 9 suggesting JLNS. The pedigree also show connection to a hemochromatosis founder family born 1580 in which three HL families D 87, D 24 and D 86 were available for molecular genetic evaluation. The D 24 parents were 3rd cousins once removed from a marriage 1788 marked with a vertical arrow. The LQTS founder II family is marked by a left upper arrow. Symbols as in Fig. 2

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Hereditas

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