In search of genetic markers for nonsyndromic deafness in Africa: A study in cameroonians and black south Africans with the GJB6 and GJA1 candidate genes

OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 481-485

  Bosch, Jason ^a   Lebeko, Kamogelo ^a   Nziale, Jean Jacques Noubiap ^b   Dandara, Collet ^a   Makubalo, Nomlindo ^a   Wonkam, Ambroise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 47; GENOMIC DNA; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GENETIC MARKER; GJA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; GJB6 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GJA1 GENE; GJB6 GENE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED HEARING LOSS; NONSYNDROMIC RECESSIVE HEARING LOSS; ONSET AGE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; BLACK PERSON; DEAFNESS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE OF ONSET; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904001135     PISSN: 15362310     EISSN: 15578100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/omi.2013.0166     Document Type: Article

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