Immunohistochemistry and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction as methods for diagnostic determination of Usher syndrome type IIa

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1310-1314

  Cohn, Edward ^a   Bhattacharya, Gautam ^a   Pearsall, Nicole ^a   Shendrik, Igor ^a   Kimberling, William ^a   Cosgrove, Dominic ^a,b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Immunodiagnostics; Usher syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; USHERIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND; USHER SYNDROME;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; DEAFNESS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLANDS; SYNDROME;

EID: 3242680853     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200407000-00032     Document Type: Article

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