GJB2 gene mutations in newborns with non-syndromic hearing impairment in Northern China

Hearing Research

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 19-23

  Gui ZhiShi, Gui Zhi ^a   Gong, Lu Xia ^b   Xu, Xiao Hu ^a   Nie, Wen Ying ^b   Lin, Qian ^b   Qi, Yi Sheng ^b  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b JINAN MATERNITY AND CHILD CARE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Bilateral hearing loss; GJB2 gene; Hearing tests; Mutation; Neonatal screening

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONNEXINS; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; NEONATAL SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 6944226484     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2004.06.012     Document Type: Article

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