The prevalence of the 235delC GJB2 mutation in a Chinese deaf population

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 283-289

  Dai, Pu ^a   Yu, Fei ^a   Han, Bing ^a   Yuan, Yongyi ^a   Li, Qi ^a   Wang, Guojian ^a   Liu, Xin ^a   He, Jia ^b   Huang, Deliang ^a   Kang, Dongyang ^a   Zhang, Xin ^a   Yuan, Huijun ^a   Schmitt, Eric ^c   Han, Dongyi ^a   Wong, Lee Jun ^c  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

235delC mutation; Chinese nonsyndromic hearing loss; Epidemiology; GJB2 mutation; Nonsyndromic hearing loss

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC SCREENING; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 34249052925     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e31804d2371     Document Type: Article

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