A novel DFNA5 mutation does not cause hearing loss in an Iranian family

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 549-552

  Van Laer, Lut ^a   Meyer, Nicole C ^b   Malekpour, Mahdi ^c   Riazalhosseini, Yasser ^c   Moghannibashi, Mahdi ^c   Kahrizi, Kimia ^c   Vandevelde, Ann ^a   Alasti, Fatemeh ^a   Najmabadi, Hossein ^c   Van Camp, Guy ^a   Smith, Richard J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

DFNA5; Gain of function mutation; Hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DFNA5 GENE; EXON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IRAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHENOTYPE;

COHORT STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 34249722273     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-007-0137-2     Document Type: Article

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