Letter to the editor regarding "GJB2, GJB6 or GJA1 genes should not be investigated in routine in non syndromic deafness in people of sub-Saharan African descent".

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

• Publication date

  2015-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.01.012PMID 25639550
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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