Identification of novel mutations in the KCNQ4 gene of patients with nonsyndromic deafness from Taiwan

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-26

  Su, Ching Chyuan ^a,c   Yang, Jiann Jou ^a   Shieh, Jia Ching ^a   Su, Mao Chang ^a,b   Li, Shuan Yow ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TIAN SHENG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

K+ channel; KCNQ4; Mutation; Nonsyndromic hearing loss

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEAFNESS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; ION CHANNELS; KCNQ POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MALE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RNA SPLICE SITES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN;

EID: 33845715168     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096154     Document Type: Article

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