Epidemiological study of nonsyndromic hearing loss in sicilian newborns

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 143, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1666-1670

  Niceta, M ^a,c   Fabiano, C ^a   Sammarco, P ^a   Piccione, M ^b   Antona, V ^b   Giuffre M ^b   Corsello, G ^b  

^a VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN BETA 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; EPIDEMIC; EXON; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GJB2 GENE; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; MISSENSE MUTATION; NEWBORN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOP CODON;

CONNEXINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MUTATION; NEONATAL SCREENING; PHENOTYPE; SICILY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34447288501     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31836     Document Type: Letter

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