Government-funded universal newborn hearing screening and genetic analyses of deafness predisposing genes in Taiwan

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 584-590

  Chu, Chun Wei ^a   Chen, Yann Jang ^a,b   Lee, Yi Hui ^a   Jaung, Sian Jang ^a   Lee, Fei Peng ^c,d   Huang, Hung Meng ^a,c  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Congenital hearing loss; Genetic testing; Newborn hearing screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; BILATERAL HEARING LOSS; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GJA1 GENE; GJA1P1 GENE; GJB1 GENE; GJB2 GENE; GJB3 GENE; GJB4 GENE; GJB6 GENE; GJC3 GENE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INNER EAR MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLC26A4 GENE; TAIWAN; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS; VESTIBULE AQUEDUCT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GOVERNMENT; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; MUTATION;

CARRIER PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; SLC26A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEONATAL SCREENING; TAIWAN;

EID: 84924035294     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.01.033     Document Type: Article

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