Audiologic phenotype and progression in GJB2 (connexin 26) hearing loss

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-87

  Kenna, Margaret A ^a,b   Feldman, Henry A ^a   Neault, Marilyn W ^a,b   Frangulov, Anna ^a   Wu, Bai Lin ^a   Fligor, Brian ^a,b   Rehm, Heidi L ^a,b,c,d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LABORATORY FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; AUDIOMETRY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNEXINS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949118436     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2009.202     Document Type: Article

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