Easy, rapid, and cost-effective methods for identifying carriers of recurrent GJB2 mutations causing nonsyndromic hearing impairment in the Greek population

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-192

  Kokotas, Haris ^a   Grigoriadou, Maria ^a   Hatzaki, Angeliki ^b   Antoniadi, Thalia ^c   Giannoulia Karantana, Aglaia ^d   Petersen, Michael B ^a  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Gastroenterology Department   (Greece)

^c SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GJB2 GENE; GREECE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONNEXINS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEAFNESS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC TESTING; GREECE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 77951005833     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2009.0136     Document Type: Article

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