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Impact of methionine synthase gene and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene polymorphisms on the risk of sudden sensorineural hearing loss.
Audiology & neuro-otology - 1 Jan 2006
Gross Menachem, Friedman Gideon, Eliashar Ron, Koren-Morag Nira, Goldschmidt Neta, Atta Iman Abou, Ben-Yehuda Arie
Abstract excerpt
Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) represents a frequently encountered otological disease of unknown etiology. In recent years, several inherited risk factors have been found in the pathogenesis of vascular diseases. In the present study, we determined whether specific polymorphism or the combination of polymorphisms in folate-dependent homocysteine metabolism genes can act as predisposing...
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