Sensorineural hearing loss and the incidence of Cx26 mutations in Austria

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 226-230

  Löffler, Judith ^a   Nekahm, Doris ^b   Hirst Stadlmann, Almut ^b   Günther, Barbara ^a   Menzel, Hans Jürgen ^a   Utermann, Gerd ^a   Janecke, Andreas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Connexin 26; GJB2; Hearing loss; Population screening; Tirol

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION RATE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUSTRIA; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0035081564     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200607     Document Type: Article

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