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Prognostic impact of gene polymorphisms in patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss.
Acta oto-laryngologica - 1 Jan 2017
Kitoh Ryosuke, Nishio Shin-Ya, Usami Shin-Ichi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether genetic polymorphisms (single-nucleotide polymorphism [SNPs]) have a prognostic influence on hearing recovery after standardized corticosteroid therapy. METHODS: A total of 192 gene samples from idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) patients registered in the Intractable Inner Ear Disease Gene Bank were enrolled and, as the candidate genes, 16 SNPs from 13 genes...
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