Connexin26 deafness in several interconnected families

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 383-385

  Wilcox, Stephen A ^a   Osborn, Amelia H ^a   Allen Powell, Denise R ^b   Maw, Marion A ^b   Dahl, Hans Henrik M ^a   McKinlay Gardner, R J ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Connexin26; DFNB1; Genetic deafness

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE;

ALLELES; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0032953577     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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