Connexin 26 deafness is not always congenital

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 501-507

  Orzan, Eva ^a   Murgia, Alessandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital deafness; GJB2 Cx26; Hearing loss; Mutation

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY SCREENING; CHILD; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GJB2 GENE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANCY; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ONSET AGE; PARENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRELINGUAL HEARING LOSS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33846311141     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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