Prelingual deafness: High prevalence of a 30delG mutation in the connexin 26 gene

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2173-2177

  Denoyelle, Françoise ^a,b   Weil, Dominique ^a   Maw, Marion A ^c   Wilcox, Stephen A ^d   Lench, Nicholas J ^e   Allen Powell, Denise R ^c   Osborn, Amelia H ^d   Dahl, Hans Henrik M ^d   Middleton, Anna ^e   Houseman, Mark J ^e   Dodé, Catherine ^a   Marlin, Sandrine ^a   Boulila ElGaïed, Amel ^f   Grati, Mohammed ^f   Ayadi, Hammadi ^f   BenArab, Saïda ^g   Bitoun, Pierre ^h   Lina Granade, Geneviève ⁱ   Godet, Jacqueline ^j   Mustapha, Mirna ^k   Loiselet, Jacques ^k   El Zir, Élie ^l   Aubois, Anne ^m   Joannard, Alain ⁿ   Levilliers, Jacqueline ^a   Garabédian, Éréa Noël ^b   Mueller, Robert F ^e   McKinlay Gardner, R J ^e   Petit, Christine ^a   more..

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^h HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

ⁱ EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^j CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^k SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^l Sacre Coeur Hospital Baabda   (Lebanon)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

ⁿ GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; DELETION MUTANT; FOUNDER EFFECT; FRANCE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNISIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 9844252338     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.12.2173     Document Type: Article

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