Mutations in the Wolfram syndrome 1 gene (WFS1) are a common cause of low frequency sensorineural hearing loss

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 2501-2508

  Bespalova, Irina N ^a,h   Van Camp, Guy ^d   Bom, Steven J H ^e   Brown, David J ^b   Cryns, Kim ^d   DeWan, Andrew T ^f   Erson, Ayse E ^b   Flothmann, Kris ^d   Kunst, Henricus P M ^e   Kurnool, Purnima ^b   Sivakumaran, Theru A ^b   Cremers, Cor W R J ^e   Leal, Suzanne M ^f   Burmeister, Margit ^a,b,c   Lesperance, Marci M ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology   (United States)

^h MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 4P; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

EID: 0035888652     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/10.22.2501     Document Type: Article

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