Evidence of an increased risk of hearing loss in heterozygous carriers in a Wolfram syndrome family

Human Genetics

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 470-474

  Ohata, Tomoaki ^a   Koizumi, Akio ^a   Kayo, Tsuyoshi ^a   Shoji, Yutaka ^a   Watanabe, Arata ^a   Monoh, Katsumi ^a   Higashi, Koichiro ^a   Ito, Seiki ^a   Ogawa, Osamu ^a   Wada, Yasuhiko ^a   Takada, Goro ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 4P; FEMALE; GENDER; HEARING LOSS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MALE; PEDIGREE; RISK; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

EID: 0031753978     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050852     Document Type: Article

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