Causes of deafness in British Bangladeshi children: A prevalence twice that of the UK population cannot be accounted for by consanguinity alone

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-119

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNEXINS; CONSANGUINITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEAFNESS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 64549119612     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2009.01888.x     Document Type: Article

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