Audiological features of GJB2 (Connexin 26) deafness

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 361-369

  Liu, Xue Zhong ^a   Pandya, Arti ^b   Angeli, Simon ^a   Telischi, Fred F ^a   Arnos, Kathleen S ^c   Nance, Walter E ^b   Balkany, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOLOGY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 21444440089     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-200506000-00011     Document Type: Review

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