Genetic approach to evaluation of hearing loss

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-39

  Cohen, Melinda ^a   Phillips, John A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene reviews; Genetics; Hearing loss; Inheritance; Non syndromic; OMIM; Syndromic

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INTERNET; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

DEAFNESS; GENETIC TESTING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; SYNDROME;

EID: 82055203179     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: 15578259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2011.08.015     Document Type: Review

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