Beginning of a molecular era in hearing and deafness

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 149-159

  Robertson, Nahid G ^a   Morton, Cynthia C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL GENETICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DEAFNESS; HEARING; HUMANS;

EID: 0032896998     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.1999.550303.x     Document Type: Review

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