[Cochlear implantation in a child with congenital sensorineural deafness due to 35 DELG mutation in GJB2 (connexin 26) gene]

F M Teriutin; N A Barashkov; L U Dzhemileva; O L Posukh; E E Fedotova; E E Gurinova; S A Fedorova; G A Tavartkiladze; E K Khusnutdinova

[Cochlear implantation in a child with congenital sensorineural deafness due to 35 DELG mutation in GJB2 (connexin 26) gene]

Vestn Otorinolaringol. 2009:(2):17-9.

[Article in Russian]

Authors

F M Teriutin, N A Barashkov, L U Dzhemileva, O L Posukh, E E Fedotova, E E Gurinova, S A Fedorova, G A Tavartkiladze, E K Khusnutdinova

PMID: 19491791

Abstract

This paper reports the first case of cochlear implantation performed in this country in a child with congenital non-syndromic sensorineural loss of hearing having hereditary etiology and attributable to autosomal-recessive 35 delG mutation in locus DFNB1 (13q.11-q12) of GJB2 (connexin 26) gene.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Cochlear Implantation / methods*
Connexin 26
Connexins / genetics*
DNA / genetics*
DNA Mutational Analysis
Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / congenital
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / genetics
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / surgery*
Humans
Male
Mutation*
Pedigree

Substances

Connexins
GJB2 protein, human
Connexin 26
DNA