Mutations of the connexin 26 gene in families with non-syndromic hearing loss

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 331-335

  Al Achkar, Walid ^a   Moassass, Faten ^a   Al Halabi, Bassel ^a   Al Ablog, Ayman ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Connexin 26; GJB2; Non syndromic autosomal recessive deafness; Polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEARING LOSS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ADOLESCENT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNEXINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FAMILY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 79551713366     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2011.428     Document Type: Article

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