Sensorineural hearing loss in Jewish children born in Jerusalem

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1245-1250

  Levi, Haya ^a   Tell, Lilly ^a   Cohen, Tirza ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ashkenazi Jews; Consanguinity; Environmental factors; Heredity; Prevalence; Sephardi Jews

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CONNEXINS; CONSANGUINITY; DEAFNESS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4544332731     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2004.04.021     Document Type: Article

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