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Moien N Kanaan

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Bethlehem University

Genomics and Rare DiseasesHearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, GeneticsCongenital Ear and Nasal AnomaliesGenetics and Neurodevelopmental DisordersEpilepsy research and treatment

Moien N Kanaan works in Genomics and Rare Diseases, Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics, Congenital Ear and Nasal Anomalies, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Epilepsy research and treatment. Recorded institutional associations include Bethlehem University.

88Publications
4,657Citations
38H-index

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Selected research works

Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.

  1. A novel deletion involving the connexin-30 gene, del( GJB6 -d13s1854), found in trans with mutations in the GJB2 gene (connexin-26) in subjects with DFNB1 non-syndromic hearing impairment

    2005 · 338 citations

  2. Ultra-Rare Genetic Variation in the Epilepsies: A Whole-Exome Sequencing Study of 17,606 Individuals

    2019 · 297 citations

  3. Whole Exome Sequencing and Homozygosity Mapping Identify Mutation in the Cell Polarity Protein GPSM2 as the Cause of Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss DFNB82

    2010 · 281 citations

  4. From flies' eyes to our ears: Mutations in a human class III myosin cause progressive nonsyndromic hearing loss DFNB30

    2002 · 257 citations

  5. GWAS meta-analysis of over 29,000 people with epilepsy identifies 26 risk loci and subtype-specific genetic architecture

    2023 · 219 citations

  6. Targeted genomic capture and massively parallel sequencing to identify genes for hereditary hearing loss in middle eastern families

    2011 · 195 citations

  7. Otoancorin, an inner ear protein restricted to the interface between the apical surface of sensory epithelia and their overlying acellular gels, is defective in autosomal recessive deafness DFNB22

    2002 · 176 citations

  8. The prevalence and expression of inherited connexin 26 mutations associated with nonsyndromic hearing loss in the Israeli population

    2000 · 152 citations

  9. Genetics of congenital deafness in the Palestinian population: multiple connexin 26 alleles with shared origins in the Middle East

    2002 · 138 citations

  10. Mutations in OTOGL , Encoding the Inner Ear Protein Otogelin-like, Cause Moderate Sensorineural Hearing Loss

    2012 · 130 citations

  11. GPSM2 Mutations Cause the Brain Malformations and Hearing Loss in Chudley-McCullough Syndrome

    2012 · 121 citations

  12. Mutations in a Novel Isoform of TRIOBP That Encodes a Filamentous-Actin Binding Protein Are Responsible for DFNB28 Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss

    2005 · 121 citations

  13. Minichromosome maintenance complex component 8 (MCM8) gene mutations result in primary gonadal failure

    2015 · 118 citations

  14. XX Ovarian Dysgenesis Is Caused by a PSMC3IP/HOP2 Mutation that Abolishes Coactivation of Estrogen-Driven Transcription

    2011 · 118 citations

  15. Genomic Duplication and Overexpression of TJP2/ZO-2 Leads to Altered Expression of Apoptosis Genes in Progressive Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss DFNA51

    2010 · 111 citations

  16. A mutation in the nucleoporin-107 gene causes XX gonadal dysgenesis

    2015 · 103 citations

  17. Five novel loci for inherited hearing loss mapped by SNP-based homozygosity profiles in Palestinian families

    2009 · 90 citations

  18. MULTIFARIOUS CHARACTERIZATION OF LEISHMANIA TROPICA FROM A JUDEAN DESERT FOCUS, EXPOSING INTRASPECIFIC DIVERSITY AND INCRIMINATING PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI AS ITS VECTOR

    2004 · 83 citations

  19. Epilepsy subtype-specific copy number burden observed in a genome-wide study of 17 458 subjects

    2020 · 79 citations

  20. Molecular Epidemiology of Hereditary Epidermolysis Bullosa in a Middle Eastern Population

    2006 · 74 citations

  21. Exome sequencing of 20,979 individuals with epilepsy reveals shared and distinct ultra-rare genetic risk across disorder subtypes

    2024 · 72 citations

  22. A Truncating Mutation in SERPINB6 Is Associated with Autosomal-Recessive Nonsyndromic Sensorineural Hearing Loss

    2010 · 69 citations

  23. Genomic analysis of inherited hearing loss in the Palestinian population

    2020 · 65 citations

  24. Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex in Israel

    2003 · 62 citations

  25. Sub-genic intolerance, ClinVar, and the epilepsies: A whole-exome sequencing study of 29,165 individuals

    2021 · 57 citations

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