Genetics of hearing loss: Focus on DFNA2

Application of Clinical Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 97-104

  Dominguez, Laura M ^a   Dodson, Kelley M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deafness nonsyndromic autosomal dominant 2; Genetic hearing loss; GJB3; KCNQ4; Nonsyndromic deafness

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 31; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ4;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEAFNESS NONSYNDROMIC AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT 2 HEARING LOSS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GJB3 GENE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; KCNQ4 GENE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 84868126295     PISSN: 1178704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/TACG.S35525     Document Type: Review

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