Mutations of GJB2 in three geographic isolates from northern Tunisia: Evidence for genetic heterogeneity within isolates

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 439-443

  Arab, Saïda Ben ^a   Hmani, Mounira ^b   Denoyelle, Françoise ^c   Boulila Elgaied, Amel ^b   Chardenoux, Sebastien ^c   Hachicha, Slah ^d   Petit, Christine ^c   Ayadi, Hammadi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Clinical and genetic heterogeneity; DFNB1; Geographic isolates; Homozygosity mapping; Non syndromic sensorineural recessive deafness (NSRD); Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNISIA;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONNEXINS; CONSANGUINITY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENOTYPE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; TUNISIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0342424727     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2000.570607.x     Document Type: Article

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