GJB2 and GJB6 mutations in children with congenital cytomegalovirus infection

Pediatric Research

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 687-691

  Ross, Shannon A ^a,b   Novak, Zdenek ^a   Kumbla, Rekha A ^a   Zhang, Kui ^b   Fowler, Karen B ^a,b   Boppana, Suresh ^a,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 30; GAP JUNCTION BETA 2 PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CONNEXINS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 34249071285     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/pdr.0b013e3180536609     Document Type: Article

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