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Genome-wide association study identifies new loci associated with noise-induced tinnitus in Chinese populations.
BMC genomic data - 6 Sept 2021
Xie Chengyong, Niu Yuguang, Ping Jie, Wang Yahui, Yang Chenning, Li Yuanfeng, Zhou Gangqiao
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Tinnitus is an auditory phantom sensation in the absence of an acoustic stimulus, which affects nearly 15% of the population. Excessive noise exposure is one of the main causes of tinnitus. To now, the knowledge of the genetic determinants of susceptibility to tinnitus remains limited. RESULTS: We performed a two-stage genome-wide association study (GWAS) and identified that two single nucleotide...
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