Screening of the USH1G gene among Spanish patients with usher syndrome. Lack of mutations and evidence of a minor role in the pathogenesis of the syndrome

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 151-155

  Aller, Elena ^a,b   Jaijo, Teresa ^a   Beneyto, Magdalena ^a   Nájera, Carmen ^b   Morera, Constantino ^a   Pérez Garrigues, Herminio ^a   Ayuso, Carmen ^c,d   Millán, Jose ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Retinitis pigmentosa; USH1G; Usher syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; USHER SYNDROME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SPAIN; USHER SYNDROMES;

EID: 34848865624     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: 17445094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13816810701537374     Document Type: Article

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