Frequencies of mutations in the connexin 26 gene (GJB2) in two populations of Iran (Tehran and Tabriz)

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Hashemzadeh Chaleshtori, M ^a,b   Hoghooghi Rad, L ^c   Dolati, M ^c   Sasanfar, R ^d   Hoseinipour, A ^d   Montazer Zohour, M ^a   Pourjafari, H ^e   Tolooi, A ^d   Ghadami, M ^d   Farhud, D D ^a   Patton, M A ^f  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d Ministry of Education and Training of the Islamic Republic of Iran   (Iran)

^e HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 25444504571     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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