Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: Hearing loss and other atypical features of patients with large 4q35 deletions

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1353-1358

  Trevisan, C P ^a   Pastorello, E ^a   Tomelleri, G ^b   Vercelli, L ^c   Bruno, C ^d   Scapolan, S ^d   Siciliano, G ^e   Comacchio, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; Genetics; Hearing loss; Mental retardation; Review

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CHROMOSOME DELETION 4; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OTOSCOPY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; COMORBIDITY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; PHENOTYPE; RETINAL DEGENERATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56049098801     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02314.x     Document Type: Article

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