Genomics and hearing impairment

Genome Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-16

  Keats, Bronya J B ^a   Berlin, Charles I ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; MYOSIN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; USHER SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENOME, HUMAN; HEARING DISORDERS; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 0032969992     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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