Connexin-26 mutations in sporadic and inherited sensorineural deafness

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Volumn 351, Issue 9100, 1998, Pages 394-398

  Estivill, Xavier ^a   Fortina, Paolo ^b   Surrey, Saul ^d   Rabionet, Raquel ^a   Melchionda, Salvatore ^c   D'Agruma, Leonardo ^c   Mansfield, Elaine ^e   Rappaport, Eric ^b   Govea, Nancy ^a   Milà, Montse ^f   Zelante, Leopoldo ^c   Gasparini, Paolo ^c  

^a Ctr de Genet Medica I Molec   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e Molecular Dynamics   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 13; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

EID: 0032492217     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)11124-2     Document Type: Article

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