Molecular epidemiology of DFNBI deafness in France

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Roux, Anne Françoise ^a   Pallares Ruiz, Nathalie ^a   Vielle, Anne ^a   Faugère, Valérie ^a   Templin, Carine ^a   Leprevost, Dorothée ^a   Artières, Françoise ^b   Lina, Geneviè ^c   Molinari, Nicolas ^d   Blanchet, Patricia ^a   Mondain, Michel ^a   Claustres, Mireille ^a  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Institut Saint Pierre   (France)

^c EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; DNA; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENESIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY;

CONNEXINS; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 2542482799     PISSN: 14712350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-5-5     Document Type: Article

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