Prevalence of the c.35delG and p.W24X mutations in the GJB2 gene in patients with nonsyndromic hearing loss from North-West Romania.

Objective: In Central and South-Eastern European countries, the most frequent mutation types responsible for congenital nonsyndromic sensorineural hearing loss (NSHL) are c.35delG and p.W24X (15-55.

Emergency department visits for nonfatal childhood injuries in Romania.

Background: Childhood injury rates are higher in low and middle-income countries than in high-income countries. Childhood injuries have not been widely studied in Romania, a middle-income country, because data sources are lacking.

Objective: This study presents the first surveillance data of nonfatal childhood injuries from a large children's hospital in Cluj, a major city of Romania.