Report of a new mutation and frequency of connexin 26 gene (GJB2) mutations in patients from three provinces of Iran

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-50

  Hosseinipour, A ^a   Chaleshtori, M Hashemzadeh ^b,c   Sasanfar, R ^a   Farhud, D D ^b   Tolooi, A ^a   Doulati, M ^d   Rad, L Hoghooghi ^d   Montazer Zohour, M ^b   Ghadami, M ^a  

^a Ministry of Education and Training   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Autosomal recessive non syndromic hearing loss; Connexin 26; Deafness; GJB2; Iran

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FAMILY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 25444436495     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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