The Usher syndrome in the Lebanese population and further refinement of the USH2A candidate region

Human Genetics

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-198

  Saouda, Myrna ^a   Mansour, Ahmad ^a   Moglabey, Yolla Bou ^a   El Zir, Elle ^b   Mustapha, Mirna ^c   Chaib, Hassan ^d   Nehme, Antoine ^b   Mégarbané, André ^c   Loiselet, Jacques ^c   Petit, Christine ^d   Slim, Rima ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Sacre Coeur Hospital Baabda   (Lebanon)

^c SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; USHER SYNDROME;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LEBANON; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PEDIGREE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SYNDROME;

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EID: 0031694678     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050806     Document Type: Article

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