DFNB79: Reincarnation of a nonsyndromic deafness locus on chromosome 9q34.3

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-129

  Khan, Shahid Yar ^a   Riazuddin, Saima ^b,c   Shahzad, Mohsin ^a   Ahmed, Nazir ^a   Zafar, Ahmad Usman ^a   Rehman, Atteeq Ur ^a,b   Morell, Robert J ^b   Griffith, Andrew J ^b   Ahmed, Zubair M ^b,c   Riazuddin, Sheikh ^a   Friedman, Thomas B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

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

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

chromosome 9q34.3; DFNB33; DFNB79; Hereditary deafness; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 9Q; DFNB79 GENE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MIXED HEARING LOSS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; AUDIOMETRY; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME MAP; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MALE; PEDIGREE;

AUDIOMETRY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; DEAFNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING;

EID: 77449093566     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.121     Document Type: Article

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