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Rahma Mkaouar1*
Zied Riahi1
Jihene Marrakchi1,2
Nessrine Mezzi1,3
Lilia Romdhane1,4
Maroua Boujemaa1
Hamza Dallali1Marwa Sayeb1Saida Lahbib1
Hajer Jaouadi1,5Hela Boudabbous6,7,8Lotfi Zekri1,9Mariem Chargui1Olfa Messaoud1Meriem Elyounsi10,11Ichraf Kraoua12,13
Anissa Zaouak14
Ilhem Turki12,13Mourad Mokni15
Sophie Boucher16,17
Christine Petit18,19
Fabrice Giraudet20,21,22Chiraz Mbarek23Ghazi Besbes24
Soumeyya Halayem1,25Rim Zainine1,24Hamida Turki26Amel Tounsi27
CRYSTEL Bonnet18Ridha Mrad10,11
Sonia Abdelhak1Mediha Trabelsi10,11Cherine Charfeddine1,28- 1Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics LR16IPT05, Pasteur Institute in Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
- 2Department of Otorhinolaryngology, District Hospital of Menzel Bourguiba, Bizerte, Tunisia
- 3Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, Université Tunis Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia
- 4Genetic Typing Service, Institut Pasteur of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
- 5Marseille Medical Genetics (MMG) U1251, Aix Marseille Université, INSERM, Marseille, France
- 6Department of Pediatrics, La Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
- 7Laboratory of Hereditary Diseases of the Metabolism Investigation and Patients Management, Faculty of Medicine in Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
- 8Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Directorate General of Military Health, Faculty of Medicine in Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
- 9ICHARA Association (International Research Institute on Sign Language), Tunis, Tunisia
- 10Department of Congenital and Hereditary Diseases, Charles Nicolle Hospital in Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
- 11LR99ES10 Laboratory of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine in Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
- 12Child and Adolescent Neurology Department of Neurology, National Institute of Neurology, Tunis, Tunisia
- 13LR18SP04 Department of Child Neurology, National Institute Mongi Ben Hmida of Neurology in Tunis. University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
- 14Department of Dermatology, Habib Thameur Hospital, Research Unit Genodermatoses and Cancers LR12SP03, Tunis, Tunisia
- 15Service de dermatologie, Hôpital La Rabta, Unité de recherche UR 12SP07, Hôpital La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia
- 16Service d’ORL et chirurgie cervico-faciale, CHU d’Angers, Angers, France
- 17Equipe Mitolab, Institut Mitovasc, CNRS UMR6015, UMR Inserm 1083, Université d’Angers, Angers, France
- 18Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Inserm UA06, Institut de l’Audition, Paris, France
- 19Collège de France, Paris, France
- 20Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1107, INSERM, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- 21Centre Auditif SoluSons, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- 22Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- 23ENT Department, Habib Thameur Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
- 24Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery—La Rabta Hospital in Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
- 25Service de pédopsychiatrie, Hôpital Razi, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis el Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
- 26Dermatology Department Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Sfax University Sfax Tunisia, Tunis, Tunisia
- 27CNSS Polyclinic, Bizerte, Tunisia
- 28Université de la Manouba, Institut de Biotechnologie de Sidi–Thabet, Ariana, Tunisia
A Corrigendum on
Current phenotypic and genetic spectrum of syndromic deafness in Tunisia: paving the way for precision auditory health
by Mkaouar R, Riahi Z, Marrakchi J, Mezzi N, Romdhane L, Boujemaa M, Dallali H, Sayeb M, Lahbib S, Jaouadi H, Boudabbous H, Zekri L, Chargui M, Messaoud O, Elyounsi M, Kraoua I, Zaouak A, Turki I, Mokni M, Boucher S, Petit C, Giraudet F, Mbarek C, Besbes G, Halayem S, Zainine R, Turki H, Tounsi A, Bonnet C, Mrad R, Abdelhak S, Trabelsi M and Charfeddine C (2024). Front. Genet. 15:1384094. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2024.1384094
In the published article, there was an error in the legend for Figure 4 as published. The gene names corresponding to color degradation for the Waardenburg syndrome pie chart are incorrect.
Figure 4
Figure 4. Genetic spectrum of syndromic deafness in the Tunisian population. Deafness syndromes with known molecular etiologies are represented by pie charts. Each syndromic deafness is indicated with a different color. Color degradation has been adopted to specify the gene(s) associated with each syndrome. The number of patients carrying variants in each gene is provided.
The corrected legend appears below: The SOX10 gene should be at the top (darkest blue), and the EDNRB gene should be at the bottom (lightest blue). Consequently, the number of patients should be 8 for the SOX10 gene and 2 for the EDNRB gene.
In addition, there was an error in the caption of Figure 4 in the published version of the manuscript: “FIGURE 4: Genetic and mutational spectrum of syndromic deafness in the Tunisian population. Deafness syndromes with known molecular etiologies are represented by pie charts. Each syndromic deafness is indicated with a different color. Color degradation has been adopted to specify the gene(s) associated with each syndrome. The number of variants identified in each gene is provided.”
The corrected Figure 4 appears below:
The authors apologize for these errors and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.
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Keywords: syndromic deafness (SD), spectrum of SDs, next-generation sequencing (NGS), early detection, under-diagnosis, Tunisia
Citation: Mkaouar R, Riahi Z, Marrakchi J, Mezzi N, Romdhane L, Boujemaa M, Dallali H, Sayeb M, Lahbib S, Jaouadi H, Boudabbous H, Zekri L, Chargui M, Messaoud O, Elyounsi M, Kraoua I, Zaouak A, Turki I, Mokni M, Boucher S, Petit C, Giraudet F, Mbarek C, Besbes G, Halayem S, Zainine R, Turki H, Tounsi A, Bonnet C, Mrad R, Abdelhak S, Trabelsi M and Charfeddine C (2024) Corrigendum: Current phenotypic and genetic spectrum of syndromic deafness in Tunisia: paving the way for precision auditory health. Front. Genet. 15:1437233. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2024.1437233
Received: 23 May 2024; Accepted: 27 May 2024;
Published: 25 June 2024.
Edited and reviewed by:
Ferran Casals, University of Barcelona, SpainCopyright © 2024 Mkaouar, Riahi, Marrakchi, Mezzi, Romdhane, Boujemaa, Dallali, Sayeb, Lahbib, Jaouadi, Boudabbous, Zekri, Chargui, Messaoud, Elyounsi, Kraoua, Zaouak, Turki, Mokni, Boucher, Petit, Giraudet, Mbarek, Besbes, Halayem, Zainine, Turki, Tounsi, Bonnet, Mrad, Abdelhak, Trabelsi and Charfeddine. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
*Correspondence: Rahma Mkaouar, cmFobWEubWthb3VhckBmc3QudXRtLnRu