Carrier status for the common R501X and 2282del4 filaggrin mutations is not associated with hearing phenotypes in 5377 children from the ALSPAC cohort

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Rodriguez, Santiago ^a   Hall, Amanda J ^a   Granell, Raquel ^a   McLean, W H Irwin ^b   Irvine, Alan D ^c   Palmer, Colin N A ^b   Smith, George Davey ^a   Henderson, John ^a   Day, Ian N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN;

AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; CHILD; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEARING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; PHENOTYPE; SCHOOL CHILD; TYMPANOMETRY; ADOLESCENT; EARDRUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEARING LOSS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 66749158517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005784     Document Type: Article

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