Mutation analysis of the MYO7A and CDH23 genes in Japanese patients with Usher syndrome type 1

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 796-800

  Nakanishi, Hiroshi ^a   Ohtsubo, Masafumi ^a   Iwasaki, Satoshi ^b   Hotta, Yoshihiro ^a   Takizawa, Yoshinori ^a   Hosono, Katsuhiro ^a   Mizuta, Kunihiro ^a   Mineta, Hiroyuki ^a   Minoshima, Shinsei ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CDH23; hearing loss; MYO7A; retinitis pigmentosa; Usher syndrome

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN 23; MYOSIN VIIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPANESE; MALE; USHER SYNDROME; USHER SYNDROME TYPE 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; CADHERINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MUTATION; MYOSINS; PEDIGREE; USHER SYNDROMES;

EID: 78650580418     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2010.115     Document Type: Article

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