Etiologic diagnosis of nonsyndromic genetic hearing loss in adult vs pediatric populations

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 932-936

  King, Peter J ^a   Ouyang, Xiaomei ^a   Du, Lilin ^a   Yan, Denise ^a   Angeli, Simon I ^a   Liu, Xue Zhong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin 26; Connexin 30; DFNB1; GJB2; GJB6; Hereditary hearing loss; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular genetic testing; Nonsyndromic sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NONSYNDROMIC GENETIC SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SCHOOL CHILD; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872077801     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812453553     Document Type: Article

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