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Genetic diagnosis and cochlear implantation for patients with nonsyndromic hearing loss and enlarged vestibular aqueduct.
The Journal of laryngology and otology - 1 Apr 2012
Lai R, Hu P, Zhu F, Zhu G, Vivero R, Peng A, Wu W, Xiao Z, Liu X, Xie D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To review the genotype and cochlear implantation outcome of patients with nonsyndromic hearing loss and enlarged vestibular aqueduct. METHODS: Twenty-one Chinese children with nonsyndromic hearing loss and enlarged vestibular aqueduct underwent genetic examination. A DNA microarray was used to screen for the IVS7-2A>G and H723R mutations. Any DNA samples with one or none of the two mutant alleles were...
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