Connexin 26 as a Cause of Hereditary Hearing Loss

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-100

  McGuirt, Wyman T ^a   Smith, Richard J H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin 26; Deafness; Gap junctions; Hereditary hearing loss

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; POINT MUTATION;

ADULT; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POINT MUTATION; POTASSIUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033253992     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(1999/016)     Document Type: Article

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