Study of families of nonsyndromic hearing impairment segregating with mutations in Cx26 gene

Indian Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 58-64

  Ramchander, P V ^a   Nandur, V U ^b   Dwarakanath, K ^b   Vishnupriya, S ^a   Padma, T ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Nose and Throat Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Connexin26; India; NSHI; W24X mutation

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INDIAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SCREENING;

EID: 12344251189     PISSN: 09716866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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