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SLC26A4 genotype, but not cochlear radiologic structure, is correlated with hearing loss in ears with an enlarged vestibular aqueduct.
The Laryngoscope - 1 Feb 2010
King Kelly A, Choi Byung Yoon, Zalewski Christopher, Madeo Anne C, Manichaikul Ani, Pryor Shannon P, Ferruggiaro Anne, Eisenman David, Kim H Jeffrey, Niparko John, Thomsen James, Butman John A, Griffith Andrew J, Brewer Carmen C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: Identify correlations among SLC26A4 genotype, cochlear structural anomalies, and hearing loss associated with enlargement of the vestibular aqueduct (EVA). STUDY DESIGN: Prospective cohort survey, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, a federal biomedical research facility. METHODS: Eighty-three individuals, 11 months to 59 years of age, with EVA in at least one ear were studied....
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