GJB2 (Connexin-26) mutations are not frequent among hearing impaired patients in East Greenland

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 433-436

  Homoe, Preben ^a   Koch, Anders ^b   Rendtorff, Nanna Dahl ^c   Lodahl, Marianne ^c   Andersen, Ture ^d   Andersen, Stig ^e   Eiberg, Hans ^c   Nielsen, Inge Merete ^c   Tranebjærg, Lisbeth ^c,f  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

GJB2; Hereditary hearing loss; Inuit; Mutation; Otitis media; Population based study

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE CONDUCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESKIMO; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GREENLAND; HEARING; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED HEARING LOSS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; BONE CONDUCTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNEXINS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREENLAND; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS, MIXED CONDUCTIVE-SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861175247     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2012.660575     Document Type: Article

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