Screening for GJB2 and GJB6 gene mutations in patients from Campania region with sensorineural hearing loss

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 326-331

  Chinetti, Viviana ^a,b   Iossa, Sandra ^a,b   Auletta, Gennaro ^b   Laria, Carla ^b   De Luca, Maria ^b   Leva, Francesca Di ^b,c   Riccardi, Pasquale ^b   Giannini, Pasquale ^b   Gasparini, Paolo ^d   Ciccodicola, Alfredo ^c   Marciano, Elio ^b   Franzè, Annamaria ^a,c  

^a CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Campania Region; Connexin 26; Connexin 30; GJB2; GJB6; Hearing loss; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GJB6 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEARING; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNEXINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; ITALY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949666282     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992021003601756     Document Type: Article

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