Müllerian anomalies, hearing loss, and connexin 26 mutations

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1824-1825

  Rabinson, Jacob ^a   Orvieto, Raoul ^a   Shapira, Amnon ^b   Brownstein, Zippora ^c   Meltzer, Simion ^a   Tur Kaspa, Ilan ^a,d  

^a BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d REPRODUCTIVE GENETICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MULLERIAN DUCTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33744532749     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.11.050     Document Type: Article

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