Molecular screening of deafness in Algeria: High genetic heterogeneity involving DFNB1 and the Usher loci, DFNB2/USH1B, DFNB12/USH1D and DFNB23/USH1F

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 174-179

  Ammar Khodja, Fatima ^a   Faugère, Valérie ^b   Baux, David ^b   Giannesini, Claire ^b   Léonard, Susana ^b   Makrelouf, Mohamed ^c   Malek, Rahia ^c   Djennaoui, Djamel ^c   Zenati, Akila ^c   Claustres, Mireille ^b,d,e   Roux, Anne Françoise ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CHU Mustapha   (Algeria)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN VIIA;

ALGERIA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CONSANGUINITY; DFNB1 GENE; DFNB12 GENE; DFNB2 GENE; DFNB23 GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; USHER SYNDROME;

ALGERIA; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUDIOMETRY; BINDING SITES; CADHERINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONNEXINS; CONSANGUINITY; DEAFNESS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; USHER SYNDROMES;

EID: 67650744824     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2009.03.018     Document Type: Article

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