Article
Right-sided microtia and conductive hearing loss with variable expressivity in three generations.
Clinical genetics - 1 Aug 1990
Orstavik K H, Medbø S, Mair I W
Abstract excerpt
Familial cases of microtia and meatal atresia are rare, and both dominant and recessive inheritance have been suggested. We here report a family with right-sided external ear malformations and conductive hearing loss in a grandfather, his daughter and granddaughter. The grandfather and the granddaughter both had microtia and meatal atresia, whereas the daughter had a normal outer ear except for a narrow meatus...
Topics
- Adult
- Ear Canal
- Ear, External
- Ear, Middle
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Hearing Loss, Conductive
- Humans
- Infant
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype