GJB2 (connexin 26) variants and nonsyndromic sensorineural hearing loss: A HuGE review

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 258-274

  Kenneson, Aileen ^a   Van Naarden Braun, Kim ^a   Boyle, Coleen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin 26; GJB2; Hearing loss

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

CHROMOSOME 13Q; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN VARIANT; REVIEW; ALLELE; DISEASE COURSE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEARING LOSS; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGE OF ONSET; ALLELES; CONNEXINS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HUMANS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036654536     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00125817-200207000-00004     Document Type: Review

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