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Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss: classic cardiovascular and new genetic risk factors.
Audiology & neuro-otology - 1 Jan 2012
Ballesteros F, Tassies D, Reverter J C, Alobid I, Bernal-Sprekelsen M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The main causative process in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (iSSNHL) has yet to be explained or demonstrated. The clinical picture supports vascular involvement, but obvious limitations of inner ear study make this difficult to corroborate. OBJECTIVES: To determine the role of thrombophilic genetic variants that may affect platelet function and to assess the cardiovascular risk profile...
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