Connexin 26 preverbal hearing impairment: Mutation prevalence and heterozygosity in a selected population

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 120-124

  Orzan, Eva ^a   Murgia, Alessandra ^a   Polli, Roberta ^a   Martella, Maddalena ^a   Mazza, Alberto ^a   Zacchello, Franco ^a   Babighian, Gregorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cx26 gene; Family history; Molecular analysis; Sensorineural hearing impairment

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHROMOSOME 13; ETHICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HEARING DISORDER; HETEROZYGOTE; POINT MUTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HEARING DISORDERS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POINT MUTATION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036516906     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992020209090402     Document Type: Article

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