Phenotypic characterization of hereditary hearing impairment linked to DFNA25

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 830-835

  Thirlwall, Andrea S ^a,b   Brown, David J ^b   McMillan, Pamella M ^b   Barker, Susan E ^b   Lesperance, Marci M ^b,c  

^a Oxford Regional Training Programme   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOMETRY; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DFNA25 GENE; DOMINANT GENE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ONSET AGE; PENETRANCE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041589577     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.129.8.830     Document Type: Article

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