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Gene dose of apolipoprotein E and age-related hearing loss.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Sept 2012
Kurniawan Clara, Westendorp Rudi G J, de Craen Anton J M, Gussekloo Jacobijn, de Laat Jan, van Exel Eric
Abstract excerpt
Next to outer hair cell dysfunction, age-related hearing loss may be explained by apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype. In the Leiden 85-plus Study, a population-based study, the participants were 85 years old. We measured hearing loss by pure-tone audiometry in 435 participants in relation to APOE. Results demonstrated that those with the APOE-ε4/ε4 genotype had the highest levels of hearing loss (n = 6; 56.1 dB),...
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