A genetic aetiological survey of severe childhood deafness in the United Arab Emirates

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 157-160

  Al Gazali, L I ^a,b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; SIBLING; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 0031864919     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.3.157     Document Type: Article

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