Newborn hearing concurrent gene screening can improve care for hearing loss: A study on 14,913 Chinese newborns

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 535-542

  Wang, Qiu Ju ^a   Zhao, Ya Li ^a   Rao, Shao Qi ^b   Guo, Yu Fen ^c   He, Yao ^a   Lan, Lan ^a   Yang, Wei Yan ^a   Zheng, Qing Yin ^d   Ruben, Robert J ^e   Han, Dong Yi ^a   Shen, Yan ^f  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Genetic screening; GJB2; MtDNA 12S rRNA; Newborn hearing screening; SLC26A4

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PENDRIN; RNA 12S;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINESE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HEARING LOSS; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUTANT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUTATION; NEONATAL SCREENING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 79952737401     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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