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[A case of enlarged vestibular aqueduct syndrome with PDS gene mutations].
Nihon Jibiinkoka Gakkai kaiho - 1 Feb 2002
Kiyomizu Kensuke, Tsuboi Yasuhiro, Tono Tetsuya, Komune Shizuo, Abe Satoko, Shinkawa Hideichi, Tsukamoto Koji, Usami Shinichi
Abstract excerpt
Enlarged vestibular aqueduct (EVA) is an inner ear anomaly occasionally associated with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and/or dizziness. Recent genetic studies indicate that mutations in the PDS gene may cause EVA. A 10-year-old EVA patient who had undergone annual hearing tests for 7 years had an aunt and cousin who also had hearing loss and EVA, so genetic examinations were conducted for a possible genetic...
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