A comprehensive introduction to the genetic basis of non-syndromic hearing loss in the Saudi Arabian population

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Imtiaz, Faiqa ^a   Taibah, Khalid ^b   Ramzan, Khushnooda ^a   Bin Khamis, Ghada ^a   Kennedy, Shelley ^c   Al Mubarak, Bashayer ^a   Trabzuni, Daniah ^a   Allam, Rabab ^a   Al Mostafa, Abeer ^a   Sogaty, Sameera ^d   Al Shaikh, Abdulmoneem H ^d   Bamukhayyar, Saeed S ^d   Meyer, Brian F ^a   Al Owain, Mohammed ^a,e  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ENT Medical Centre   (Saudi Arabia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d KING FAHAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^e ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DFNB1 GENE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEARING LOSS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON SYNDROMIC HEARING LOSS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POPULATION GENETICS; SAUDI ARABIA; FAMILY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS; MUTATION; RECESSIVE GENE;

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

CONNEXINS; FAMILY; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TESTING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MUTATION; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 79959784947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-12-91     Document Type: Article

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