Audiological findings in 100 USH2 patients

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 433-438

  Abadie, C ^a   Blanchet, C ^a   Baux, D ^a   Larrieu, L ^a   Besnard, T ^a,b,c   Ravel, P ^b,d   Biboulet, R ^a   Hamel, C ^a   Malcolm, S ^e   Mondain, M ^a   Claustres, M ^a,b,c   Roux, A F ^a,b  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audiograms; Genetics; Hearing loss; Usher syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DFNB31 GENE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE; GENOTYPE; GPR98 GENE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; USH2A GENE; USHER SYNDROME; USHER SYNDROME TYPE II;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867608534     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2011.01772.x     Document Type: Article

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