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A Large Genome-Wide Association Study of Age-Related Hearing Impairment Using Electronic Health Records.
PLoS genetics - 1 Oct 2016
Hoffmann Thomas J, Keats Bronya J, Yoshikawa Noriko, Schaefer Catherine, Risch Neil, Lustig Lawrence R
Abstract excerpt
Age-related hearing impairment (ARHI), one of the most common sensory disorders, can be mitigated, but not cured or eliminated. To identify genetic influences underlying ARHI, we conducted a genome-wide association study of ARHI in 6,527 cases and 45,882 controls among the non-Hispanic whites from the Genetic Epidemiology Research on Adult Health and Aging (GERA) cohort. We identified two novel genome-wide...
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