Prevalence and nature of connexin 26 mutations in children with non-syndromic deafness

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 191-194

  Dahl, H H M ^a   Saunders, K ^a   Kelly, T M ^a   Osborn, A H ^a   Wilcox, S ^a   Cone Wesson, B ^a   Wunderlich, J L ^a   Du Sart, D ^a   Kamarinos, M ^a   McKinlay Gardner, R J ^a   Dennehy, S ^a   Williamson, R ^a   Vallance, N ^a   Mutton, P ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; CONNEXIN 26;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE FINDING; CHEEK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN SCREENING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0035920607     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143093.x     Document Type: Article

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