Infant hearing loss and connexin testing in a diverse population

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 517-524

  Schimmenti, Lisa A ^a,c   Martinez, Ariadna ^b   Telatar, Milhan ^b   Lai, Chih Hung ^b   Shapiro, Nina ^b   Fox, Michelle ^b   Warman, Berta ^a   McCarra, Matthew ^a   Crandall, Barbara ^b   Sininger, Yvonne ^b   Grody, Wayne W ^b   Palmer, Christina G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin 26 30; Hearing loss; Infant hearing; Newborn hearing screening

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 26; GJB6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PRIMER DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; AUDIOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISPANIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; UNITED STATES;

AUDIOMETRY; CALIFORNIA; CONNEXINS; DNA PRIMERS; HEARING LOSS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 52049110785     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e31817708fa     Document Type: Article

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