Impact of consanguineous marriages in GJB2-related hearing loss in the iranian population: A report of a novel variant

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 15, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 489-493

  Mahdieh, Nejat ^a,b,c   Rabbani, Bahareh ^d,e   Shirkavand, Atefeh ^a   Bagherian, Hamideh ^a   Movahed, Zahra Shahab ^a   Fouladi, Paanti ^a   Rahiminejad, Faezeh ^a   Masoudifard, Masoumeh ^a   Akbari, Mohammad Taghi ^c   Zeinali, Sirous ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30;

ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POINT MUTATION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONNEXINS; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC VARIATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 79960473658     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2010.0145     Document Type: Article

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