Absence of GJB6 mutations in Indian patients with non-syndromic hearing loss

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 356-359

  Bhalla, Seema ^a   Sharma, Rajni ^a   Khandelwal, Gaurav ^a   Panda, Naresh K ^a   Khullar, Madhu ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Connexin; GJB2; GJB6; Non syndromic hearing loss

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GJB2 GENE; GJB6 GENE; HEARING LOSS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COHORT STUDIES; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79951516949     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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