Genetic testing for hearing impairment

B-ENT

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 125-135

  Topsakal, Vedat ^a   Van Camp, G ^a   Van De Heyning, P ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deafness genes; Genetic screening; Hereditary hearing impairment

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 31; GLYCOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PENDRIN; PROTEIN COCHLIN; PROTEIN OTOFERLIN; PROTEIN WOLFRAMIN; RIBOSOME RNA; SULFONYLUREA RECEPTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; STICKLER SYNDROME; USHER SYNDROME; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

BELGIUM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33644838745     PISSN: 1781782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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