Autosomal recessive and sporadic non syndromic hearing loss and the incidence of Cx26 mutations in a province of Iran

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-91

  Hashemzadeh Chaleshtori, M ^a,b   Montazer Zohour, M ^b   Hoghooghi Rad, L ^c   Pour Jafari, H ^d   Farhud, D D ^b   Dolati, M ^c   Safa Chaleshtori, K ^e   Sasanfar, R ^f   Hosseinipour, A ^f   Andonian, L ^b   Tolouei, A ^f   Ghadami, M ^f   Patton, M A ^g  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e Shahrekord Administration of Education and Training   (Iran)

^f Ministry of Education and Training   (Iran)

^g ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autosomal recessive non syndromic hearing loss; Connexin 26; Deafness; GJB2; Iran

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33645116133     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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