The clinical features of patients with the homozygous 235delC and the compound-heterozygous Y136X/G45E of the GJB2 mutations (Connexin 26) in cochlear implant recipients

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 444-449

  Yoshikawa, Satoko ^a,b   Kawano, Atsushi ^b   Hayashi, Chieri ^b,c   Nishiyama, Nobuhiro ^b   Kawaguchi, Sachie ^b   Furuse, Hiroko ^b   Ikeda, Katsuhisa ^c   Suzuki, Mamoru ^b   Nakagawa, Masahumi ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood test parameters; Cochlear implant; GJB2 mutation; Homozygous 235delC; LDH; Y136X G45E

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; CONNEXIN 26; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EAR DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INNER EAR MALFORMATION; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREDICTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ALLELES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; SOFTWARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953057226     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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