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Comparison of MRI findings with traditional criteria in diagnosis of Pendred syndrome.
International journal of audiology - 1 Feb 2007
Sharghi Sasan, Haghpanah Vahid, Heshmat Ramin, Fard-Esfahani Armaghan, Hadizadeh Homayoun, Lashkari Anahita, Tabatabaei Ozra, Taheri Eghbal, Motesaddi Massoud, Mojtahedi Alireza, Larijani Bagher
Abstract excerpt
Pendred syndrome, defined as the constellation of goiter, sensori-neural hearing loss, and positive perchlorate discharge test, is the most frequent cause of congenital deafness. Newly introduced diagnostic approaches to the disease are rather expensive and complicated, therefore we evaluated the value of MRI as the sole, or adjunctive diagnostic approach, and compared it with the traditional ones. Presuming the...
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