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Fluctuating sensorineural hearing loss associated with enlarged vestibular aqueduct maps to 7q31, the region containing the Pendred gene.
American journal of medical genetics - 12 Feb 1999
Abe S, Usami S, Hoover D M, Cohn E, Shinkawa H, Kimberling W J
Abstract excerpt
The most common form of inner ear abnormality, enlarged vestibular aqueduct (EVA), is of particular interest because it is associated with characteristic clinical findings, including fluctuating and sometimes progressive sensorineural hearing loss and disequilibrium symptoms. Although EVA has been reported to be inherited in a recessive manner, nothing else is known about the genetic basis of this hearing loss....
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