Audiological profile of the prevalent genetic form of childhood sensorineural hearing loss due to GJB2 mutations in northern Greece

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 261, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 259-261

  Iliadou, V ^a,e   Eleftheriades, N ^a   Metaxas, A S ^a   Skevas, A ^c   Kiratzidis, T ^d   Pampanos, A ^a,b   Voyiatzis, N ^a   Grigoriadou, M ^a,b   Petersen, M B ^a,b   Iliades, T ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Institute of Child Health   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d Veria Medical Center of Hearing   (Greece)

^e NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Audiological profile; Congenital sensorineural hearing loss; Connexin 26; GJB2 mutation; Prevention

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE MUTATION; GREECE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 2542421055     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-003-0679-7     Document Type: Article

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