Comprehensive genetic testing in the clinical evaluation of 1119 patients with hearing loss

Human Genetics

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 441-450

  Sloan Heggen, Christina M ^a   Bierer, Amanda O ^a   Shearer, A Eliot ^a   Kolbe, Diana L ^a   Nishimura, Carla J ^a   Frees, Kathy L ^a   Ephraim, Sean S ^a   Shibata, Seiji B ^a   Booth, Kevin T ^a   Campbell, Colleen A ^a   Ranum, Paul T ^a   Weaver, Amy E ^a   Black Ziegelbein, E Ann ^a   Wang, Donghong ^a   Azaiez, Hela ^a   Smith, Richard J H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INDEL MUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS; HEARING LOSS; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TESTING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 84960340196     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-016-1648-8     Document Type: Article

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