Genetics of non-syndromic hearing loss in the Middle East

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2026-2036

  Najmabadi, Hossein ^a   Kahrizi, Kimia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

ADNSHL; ARNSHL; Gene frequencies; Hereditary hearing loss; Middle East; Mutation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 26; PENDRIN; RADIXIN; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F3; TRICELLULIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; DFNA15 GENE; DFNA2B GENE; DFNB10 GENE; DFNB11 GENE; DFNB12 GENE; DFNB15 GENE; DFNB16 GENE; DFNB1A GENE; DFNB1B GENE; DFNB2 GENE; DFNB21 GENE; DFNB22 GENE; DFNB23 GENE; DFNB24 GENE; DFNB25 GENE; DFNB28 GENE; DFNB29 GENE; DFNB3 GENE; DFNB30 GENE; DFNB31 GENE; DFNB35 GENE; DFNB37 GENE; DFNB39 GENE; DFNB4 GENE; DFNB42 GENE; DFNB48 GENE; DFNB49 GENE; DFNB53 GENE; DFNB59 GENE; DFNB6 GENE; DFNB63 GENE; DFNB67 GENE; DFNB7 GENE; DFNB72 GENE; DFNB73 GENE; DFNB74 GENE; DFNB77 GENE; DFNB79 GENE; DFNB8 GENE; DFNB82 GENE; DFNB84 GENE; DFNB9 GENE; DFNB91 GENE; DFNB95 GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; MUTATION; NEWBORN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS;

DEAFNESS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE EAST; MUTATION;

EID: 84919695108     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.08.036     Document Type: Review

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