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Evaluation of the polymorphism in the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) genes of tympanosclerosis patients.
Auris, nasus, larynx - 1 Feb 2010
Alpay Hayrettin Cengiz, Etem Ebru Onalan, Kaygusuz Irfan, Yüce Hüseyin, Karlidag Turgut, Keles Erol, Orhan Israfil, Yalcin Sinasi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Although eardrum perforations which endure etiopathogenesis for a long-time and middle ear infections are proposed for causing the tympanosclerosis (TS), tympanosclerosis emerges in some chronic otitis media (COM), some of them do not appear although a continuing COM and enduring perforation last. In this study, the effect of the molecular reasons which display genetic differences in TS formation is...
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