Low prevalence of the deafness-associated 35delG mutation in the connexin-26 (GJB2) gene in a Sicilian population

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 541-542

  Salvinelli, F ^a   Casale, Manuele ^a   Alemanno, I ^a   Greco, F ^a   Trivelli, M ^a   Baldi, A ^a  

^a Univ Sch of Med Campus Bio Medico ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; POINT MUTATION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE DELETION; SICILY;

EID: 0042632650     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2003.00071.x     Document Type: Letter

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