A recessive Mendelian model to predict carrier probabilities of DFNB1 for nonsyndromic deafness

Human Mutation

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1135-1142

  González, Juan R ^a   Wang, Wenyi ^b   Ballana, Ester ^a   Estivill, Xavier ^a,c  

^a CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayes' theorem; DFNB1; GJB2; GJB6; Hearing loss; Predicting carrier probabilities; Recessive Mendelian model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BAYES THEOREM; DFNB1 GENE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC MODEL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; NONSYNDROMIC DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; EUROPE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEARING LOSS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; PROBABILITY; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33750907312     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.20390     Document Type: Article

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