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Hearing genes and cisplatin deafness: a pilot study.
The Laryngoscope - 1 Jan 2006
Knoll Christine, Smith Richard J H, Shores Carol, Blatt Julie
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Cisplatin commonly is used to treat pediatric solid tumors. A major dose-limiting toxicity is sensorineural hearing loss. Which patients experience ototoxicity after treatment with cisplatin must reflect individual susceptibility, since it is not seen in all similarly treated patients. We hypothesized that mutations or polymorphisms in hearing genes are more common in patients who experience...
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