The DFNB1 subtype of autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing impairment

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3252-3274

  Del Castillo, Francisco J ^a,b   Del Castillo, Ignacio ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal models; Connexin 26; Connexin 30; DFNB1; Genetic epidemiology; Genotype phenotype correlations; GJB2; GJB6; Hearing impairment; Review

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOUSE; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RECESSIVE GENE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION;

EID: 79959607591     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3910     Document Type: Review

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