Evidence for a founder mutation causing DFNA5 hearing loss in East Asians

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-62

  Park, Hong Joon ^a,c   Cho, Hyun Ju ^b,c   Baek, Jeong In ^b   Ben Yosef, Tamar ^c,d   Kwon, Tae Jun ^b   Griffith, Andrew J ^c   Kim, Un Kyung ^b  

^a Soree Ear Clinic   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

DFNA5; Founder effect; Hearing loss; Mutation; Non syndromic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 7; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DFNA5 GENE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; KOREA; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MUTATOR GENE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; FAMILY; FOUNDER EFFECT; HAPLOTYPES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; KOREA; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MUTATION; PEDIGREE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 76149139764     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2009.114     Document Type: Article

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