Genetic causes of nonsyndromic hearing loss

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 551-557

  Skvorak Giersch, Anne B ^a   Morton, Cynthia C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Depts Obstet Gynecol/Repro B   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

CHILD; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ION CHANNELS; MASS SCREENING; MUTATION;

EID: 0032725359     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199912000-00014     Document Type: Article

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