Etiological diagnosis in the hearing impaired newborn: Proposal of a flow chart

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-32

  De Leenheer, E M R ^a   Janssens, S ^a   Padalko, E ^a   Loose, D ^a   Leroy, B P ^a   Dhooge, I J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Congenital; Deafness; Etiology; Hearing loss; Newborn

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEWBORN SCREENING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RUBELLA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URINALYSIS;

DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 78650992153     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.05.040     Document Type: Article

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