Cochlear implantation in children with congenital X-linked deafness due to novel mutations in POU3F4 gene

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 815-822

  Stankovic, Konstantina M ^a,b   Hennessey, Ann Marie ^a   Herrmann, Barbara ^a,b   Mankarious, Leila A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implantation; Congenital X linked deafness; DFN3; POU3F4

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU3F4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONGENITAL X LINKED DEAFNESS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING DISORDER; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 78649960526     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348941011901205     Document Type: Article

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