C.35delG/GJB2 and del(GJB6-D13S1830) mutations in Croatians with prelingual non-syndromic hearing impairment

BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Medica, Igor ^a,b   Rudolf, Gorazd ^a   Balaban, Manuela ^a,b   Peterlin, Borut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Outpatient Paediatric Clinic   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 30044437348     PISSN: 14726815     EISSN: 14726815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6815-5-11     Document Type: Article

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