Spectrum of GJB2 mutations in a cohort of nonsyndromic hearing loss cases from the kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-83

  Al Qahtani, Mohammed H ^a   Baghlab, Ibtessam ^a   Chaudhary, Adeel G ^a   Abuzenadah, Adel M ^a   Bamanie, Afaf ^b   Daghistani, Kamal J ^c   Safieh, Malek ^d   Fida, Loai ^e   Dallol, Ashraf ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Dr Erfan and Bagedo General Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Jeddah Institute for Speech and Hearing   (Saudi Arabia)

^e Medical Supervision ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SCREENING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONSYNDROMIC HEARING LOSS; SAUDI ARABIA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, NONSENSE; COHORT STUDIES; CONNEXINS; CONSANGUINITY; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 76949099129     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2009.0111     Document Type: Article

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