Clinical and genetic analysis of two Tunisian otosclerosis families

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 143, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1653-1660

  Bel Hadj Ali, Insaf ^a   Thys, Melissa ^b   Beltaief, Najeh ^a,c   Schrauwen, Isabelle ^b   Dieltjens, Nele ^b   Vanderstraeten, Kathleen ^b   Besbes, Ghazi ^c   Mnif, Emna ^c   Hachicha, Slah ^c   Ben Arab, Saïda ^a   Van Camp, Guy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cochlear otosclerosis; Genetic heterogeneity; Genetic linkage; Otosclerosis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 6P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEA; COL1A1 GENE; COL1A2 GENE; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NOG GENE; OTOSCLEROSIS; OTSC3 GENE; PENETRANCE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPES; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE I; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; OTOSCLEROSIS; PEDIGREE; TUNISIA;

EID: 34447257933     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31806     Document Type: Article

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