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Insulin-like growth factor 1: A novel treatment for the protection or regeneration of cochlear hair cells.
Hearing research - 1 Dec 2015
Yamahara Kohei, Yamamoto Norio, Nakagawa Takayuki, Ito Juichi
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Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is mainly caused by cochlear hair cell damage. Because cochlear hair cells and supporting cells lose their ability to proliferate in postnatal mammals, SNHL was thought to be an intractable disease. The maintenance of hair cell and supporting cell numbers after cochlear injury is therefore important for the treatment of sensorineural hearing loss. To achieve such treatment,...
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