Ultrastructure of the hair in genetic prelingual deafness associated with the 35delG mutation in the connexin 26 gene (GJB2).

doi:10.1007/s10517-009-0637-5

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Ultrastructure of the hair in genetic prelingual deafness associated with the 35delG mutation in the connexin 26 gene (GJB2).

Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine - 1 Jul 2009

Zhuravskiy S G, Kurus A A, Taraskina A E, Ivanov S A

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Ultrastructure of the surface of long hair in 77 subjects with a phenotype of childhood prelingual deafness was evaluated by scanning electron microscopy. The subjects were homozygous or heterozygous carriers of the 35delG mutation in the connexin 26 gene (GJB2). The presence of severe abnormalit...

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Ultrastructure of the hair in genetic prelingual deafness associated with the 35delG mutation in the connexin 26 gene (GJB2).

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