Distinctive audiometric profile associated with DFNB21 alleles of TECTA

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 360-363

  Naz, S ^b   Alasti, F ^b,c   Mowjoodi, A ^b,c,d   Riazuddin, Sheikh ^a   Sanati, M H ^c   Friedman, T B ^b   Griffith, A J ^b   Wilcox, E R ^b   Riazuddin, S ^b  

^a National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TECTORIN; GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; CHROMOSOME 11Q; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE DFNB21; GENE LOCUS; GENE TECTA; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEARING LOSS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

EID: 0038238367     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.40.5.360     Document Type: Article

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