Common molecular etiologies are rare in nonsyndromic tibetan chinese patients with hearing impairment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Yuan, Yongyi ^a,c   Zhang, Xun ^b   Huang, Shasha ^a   Zuo, Lujie ^a,b   Zhang, Guozheng ^a,b   Song, Yueshuai ^a   Wang, Guojian ^a,c   Wang, Hongtian ^a   Huang, Deliang ^a   Han, Dongyi ^a   Dai, Pu ^a,c  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Hainan Branch of PLA General Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 12S; CARRIER PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GJB6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; POU3F4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S; SLC26A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GJB2 GENE; GJB6 GENE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INNER EAR; INNER EAR MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ORGANOGENESIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POU3F4 GENE; SCHOOL CHILD; SLC26A4 GENE; TIBETAN CHINESE; VESTIBULE AQUEDUCT; GENETICS; HEARING LOSS; MUTATION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONNEXINS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TIBET;

EID: 84863258920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030720     Document Type: Article

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