Incidence of the del35G/GJB2 mutation in Croatian newborns with hearing impairment

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Medica, Igor ^a,b   Rudolf, Gorazd ^a   Prpić, Igor ^c   Stanojević, Milan ^d   Peterlin, Borut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Outpatient Paediatric Clinic   (Croatia)

^c KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^d Sveti Duh General Hospital   (Croatia)

Author keywords

del35g mutation; Hearing impairment; Incidence; Neonatal screening

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CROATIA; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GJB2 GENE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST;

ALLELES; CONNEXINS; CROATIA; DEAFNESS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MUTATION; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 28144443283     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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