Novel connexin 30 and connexin 26 mutational spectrum in patients with progressive sensorineural hearing loss

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 763-769

  Battelino, S ^a   Repic Lampret B ^b   Zargi M ^a   Podkrajšek, K Trebušak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Connexin 26; Connexin 30; Genetics; Hearing Loss; Sensorineural

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION;

EID: 84864038610     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215112001119     Document Type: Article

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