Otosclerosis and TGF-β1 gene in black South Africans

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 720-723

  Tshifularo, M ^a   Joseph, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEGRO; OTOSCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPEDECTOMY; STAPEDOTOMY; TYMPANOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CHILD; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOSCLEROSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 57149087066     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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