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Incidence of the 35delG/GJB2 mutation in low-risk newborns.
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians - 1 Jul 2008
Zaputovic Sanja, Stanojevic Milan, Medica Igor, Peterlin Borut, Petrovic Oleg
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate, in a prospective study, the incidence of homozygotes and heterozygotes of the 35delG/GJB2 mutation for connexin 26 in the low-risk population of newborns undergoing two-stage universal neonatal hearing screening (UNHS). PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study population consisted of 1048 neonates born at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rijeka University Hospital, Croatia, in the...
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