Genetic causes of hearing loss

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 1101-1109

  Willems, Patrick J ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MYOSIN;

AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EAR, INNER; EAR, MIDDLE; HEARING; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MUTATION;

EID: 0034643491     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200004133421506     Document Type: Review

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