Is hearing loss due to mutations in the Connexin 26 gene progressive?

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-20

  Gopalarao, Deepika ^a   Kimberling, William J ^b   Jesteadt, Walt ^b   Kelley, Philip M ^b   Beauchaine, Kathryn L ^b   Cohn, Edward S ^b  

^a Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped   (India)

^b BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

35delG; DFNB1; GJB2; Non syndromic recessive hearing loss; Progression of hearing loss

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEARING LOSS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNEXINS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38149012080     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020701602087     Document Type: Article

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