Non-invasive screening for GJB2 mutations in buccal smears for the diagnosis of inherited hearing impairment;Screening auf GJB2-mutationen mit wangenabstrichmaterial zur nicht-invasiven diagnostik genetisch bedingter innenohrschwerhörigkeit

Laryngo- Rhino- Otologie

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 397-401

  Schade, Götz ^a   Kothe, C ^a   Ruge, G ^b   Hess, M ^a   Meyer, C G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cheek cuts; Congenital deafness; Connexin 26; Genetic; GJB2; Prelingual hearing loss; Screening test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 13Q; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXON; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GHANA; GJB2 GENE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ORAL BIOPSY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; GENETIC SCREENING; GERMANY; GHANA; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0037708781     PISSN: 09358943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-40538     Document Type: Article

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