Prevalence of DFNB1 mutations in Slovak patients with non-syndromic hearing loss

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 400-403

  Minárik, Gabriel ^a   Tretinárová, Denisa ^b   Szemes, Tomáš ^b   Kádasi, Ľudevít ^c  

^a Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Deafness; GJB2; GJB6; Hearing loss; NSHL; Slovak population

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIAN; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON SYNDROMIC HEARING LOSS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SLOVAKIA;

COHORT STUDIES; CONNEXINS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 84856809542     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2011.12.020     Document Type: Article

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