Carrier rates in the midwestern United States for GJB2 mutations causing inherited deafness

JAMA

Volumn 281, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 2211-2216

  Green, Glenn E ^a   Scott, Daryl A ^b   McDonald, Joshua M ^a   Woodworth, George G ^c   Sheffield, Val C ^b   Smith, Richard J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033575109     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.281.23.2211     Document Type: Article

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