Molecular analysis in diagnostic procedure of hearing impairment in newborns

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 797-800

  Zaputović, Sanja ^a   Štimac, Tea ^a   Prpić, Igor ^a   Mahulja Stamenković, Vesna ^a   Medica, Igor ^b   Peterlin, Borut ^c  

^a KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b Outpatient Dermatology Clinic Pula   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CROATIA; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALLELES; CONNEXINS; CROATIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MUTATION; NEONATAL SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 26244431686     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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