Low prevalence of DFNB1 (connexin 26) mutations in British Pakistani children with non-syndromic sensorineural hearing loss

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 798-803

  Yoong, Soo Y ^a   Mavrogiannis, Lampros A ^b   Wright, John ^c   Fairley, Lesley ^c   Bennett, Christopher P ^b   Charlton, Ruth S ^b   Spencer, Nick ^d  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRITISH ASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NON SYNDROMIC SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS; PAKISTAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNEXINS; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80051823598     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.209262     Document Type: Article

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