Prenatal screening for the 35delG GJB2, Del (GJB6-D13S1830), and Del (GJB6-D13S1854) mutations in the Romanian population

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 749-753

  Dragomir, Cristina ^a   Stan, Adriana ^a   Stefanescu, Dragos T ^a   Savu, Lorand ^a   Severin, Emilia ^b  

^a Genetic Lab   (Romania)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS; DEAFNESS B LOCI GENE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRENATAL SCREENING; ROMANIA;

CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; ROMANIA; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 81755184377     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2011.0048     Document Type: Article

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