TY - BOOK AU - Mona Ahmed Elakkad AU - Ahmad Sameh Farid , AU - Maha Hassan AbouElew , AU - Mohamed Ibrahim Shabana , TI - Connexin 26 gene in non-syndromic hearing loss / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mona Ahmed Elakkad , KW - Connexin 26 KW - GJB2 KW - Nonsyndromic autosomal recessive sensorineural hearing loss N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of E.N.T; Issued also as CD N2 - Mutations in GJB2 gene, encoding the gap-junction protein connexion 26 (Cx26) are the leading cause of deafness in autosomal recessive nonsyndromic sensorineural hearing loss (ARNSHL) and the 35delG mutation is the most common in many ethnic groups. To evaluate the extent of contribution of the 35delG mutation of GJB2 gene to ARNSHL in the Egyptian population as well as to correlate the clinical relevance of this mutation to the severity of hearing loss HL UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -