Genetic hearing loss: A study of 228 Brazilian patients

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-27

  Longhitano, Silvia Bragagnolo ^a,b   Brunoni, Décio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Medicina Genética   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BRAZIL; CONSANGUINITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOGENIC DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 0343619488     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572000000100004     Document Type: Article

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