Connexin 26 mutations and nonsyndromic hearing impairment in Northern Finland

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1758-1763

  Löppönen, Tuija ^a   Väisänen, Marja Leena ^a   Luotonen, Mirja ^a   Allinen, Minna ^a   Uusimaa, Johanna ^a   Lindholm, Päivi ^a   Mäki Torkko, Elina ^a   Väyrynen, Mirja ^a   Löppönen, Heikki ^a   Leisti, Jaakko ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

35delG; Connexin 26 (Cx26); Gap junction protein 2 gene (GJB2); M34T; Sensorineural hearing impairment

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN BETA 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MALE; NONSYNDROMIC HEARING IMPAIRMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNEXINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 0141640888     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200310000-00018     Document Type: Article

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