Spectrum of GJB2 mutations causing deafness in the British Bangladeshi population

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 313-318

  Bajaj, Y ^a,b   Sirimanna, T ^a   Albert, D M ^a   Qadir, P ^a   Jenkins, L ^a   Bitner Glindzicz, M ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION BETA 2 PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNEXINS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 49749087912     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2008.01754.x     Document Type: Article

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