Spectrum and frequencies of mutations in the GJB2 (Cx26) gene among 156 Czech patients with pre-lingual deafness

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 152-157

  Seeman, Pavel ^a   Malikova M ^a   Raskova D ^a   Bendova O ^a   Groh, D ^a   Kubalkova M ^a   Sakmaryova I ^a   Seemanova E ^a   kabelka, Z ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Congenital deafness; Connexin 26; Czech population; Gypsies

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ETHNOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GIPSY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

COHORT STUDIES; CONNEXINS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEAFNESS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 4344627625     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2004.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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