GJB2 and MTRNR1 contributions in children with hearing impairment from Northern Cameroon

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-138

  Trotta, Luca ^a   Iacona, Elisabetta ^a   Primignani, Paola ^a   Castorina, Pierangela ^a   Radaelli, Chiara ^a   Bo, Luca Del ^b   Coviello, Domenico ^c   Ambrosetti, Umberto ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b Associazione Ascolta e Vivi   (Italy)

^c GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Childhood hearing loss; Connexin 26; GJB2; MTRNR1; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNEXINS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 79251623344     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2010.537377     Document Type: Article

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