A prospective, longitudinal study of the impact of GJB2/GJB6 genetic testing on the beliefs and attitudes of parents of deaf and hard-of-hearing infants

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1169-1182

  Palmer, Christina G S ^a,b,e   Martinez, Ariadna ^c   Fox, Michelle ^b   Zhou, Jin ^a   Shapiro, Nina ^b   Sininger, Yvonne ^b   Grody, Wayne W ^a,b   Schimmenti, Lisa A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin 26; Cx26; Early hearing detection and intervention; EHDI; Hearing impairment; Hearing loss; Newborn hearing screening

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH BELIEF; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CONNEXINS; CULTURE; DEAFNESS; DNA; FATHERS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 66349091308     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32853     Document Type: Article

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