Article
Etiology of severe sensorineural hearing loss in children: independent impact of congenital cytomegalovirus infection and GJB2 mutations.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Mar 2007
Ogawa Hiroshi, Suzutani Tatsuo, Baba Yohko, Koyano Shin, Nozawa Naoki, Ishibashi Kei, Fujieda Kenji, Inoue Naoki, Omori Koichi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is the most common congenital disease. Longitudinal studies of infants with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection have demonstrated an association between CMV and SNHL. However, because of the lack of suitable neonatally collected specimens, the...
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