Ethnicity and mutations in GJB2 (connexin 26) and GJB6 (connexin 30) in a multi-cultural Canadian paediatric Cochlear Implant Program

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 435-444

  Propst, Evan Jon ^a   Stockley, Tracy L ^a   Gordon, Karen A ^a   Harrison, Robert V ^a   Papsin, Blake Croll ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian; Cochlear implant; Connexins; GJB2; GJB6; Hearing loss

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30;

AFRICA; CANADA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CODING; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EXON; FAMILY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 31544476528     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2005.07.013     Document Type: Article

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