A new locus (DFNA47) for autosomal dominant nonsyndromic inherited hearing loss maps to 9p21-22 in a large Italian family

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-124

  D'Adamo, Pio ^a   Donaudy, Francesca ^a   D'Eustacchio, Angela ^a   Di Iorio, Enzo ^a   Melchionda, Salvatore ^b   Gasparini, Paolo ^a,c  

^a TELETHON INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND MEDICINE TIGEM   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

9p21 22; Autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss; DFNA47

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 9P; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SCREENING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; ITALY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; ITALY; LOD SCORE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0037299346     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200929     Document Type: Article

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