Incidence of the 35delG/GJB2 mutation in low-risk newborns

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 463-468

  Zaputovic, Sanja ^a   Stanojevic, Milan ^b   Medica, Igor ^c   Peterlin, Borut ^c   Petrovic, Oleg ^a  

^a KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

35delG GJB2 mutation; Auditory brainstem response; Genetic deafness; Neonates; Otoacoustic emission; Universal hearing screening

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY SCREENING; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONNEXINS; CROATIA; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 47349123747     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050802123975     Document Type: Article

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