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Investigation of the role of congenital cytomegalovirus infection in the etiology of enlarged vestibular aqueducts.
Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery - 1 May 2005
Pryor Shannon P, Demmler Gail J, Madeo Anne C, Yang Yandan, Zalewski Chris K, Brewer Carmen C, Butman John A, Fowler Karen B, Griffith Andrew J
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is an etiologic factor in the pathogenesis of enlarged vestibular aqueducts (EVA). DESIGN: Two different cohort studies. Subjects The study population comprised 19 subjects with a history of congenital CMV infection and sensorineural hearing loss (cohort 1); 39 subjects with nonsyndromic EVA and their unaffected mothers (cohort 2); and 16...
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