Autosomal dominant progressive sensorineural hearing loss due to a novel mutation in the KCNQ4 gene

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-59

  Arnett, Jameson ^a   Emery, Sarah B ^a   Kim, Theresa B ^a   Boerst, Angelique K ^a   Lee, Kwanghyuk ^b   Leal, Suzanne M ^b   Lesperance, Marci M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; PHOSPHATE BINDING PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ4; TYROSINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOMETRY; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT PROGRESSIVE SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 1P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRON; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN MOTIF; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KCNQ POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751681805     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2010.234     Document Type: Article

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