Aetiology of childhood hearing loss in Cameroon (sub-Saharan Africa)

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-25

  Wonkam, Ambroise ^a,b   Noubiap, Jean Jacques N ^b   Djomou, François ^b   Fieggen, Karen ^a   Njock, Richard ^b   Toure, Geneviève Bengono ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Non syndromic deafness; Prelingual deafness; Sub Saharan Africa; Syndromic deafness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRELINGUAL DEAFNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE OF ONSET; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871695357     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: 18780849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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