Epidemiology of hereditary hearing disorders in childhood. A retrospective study in Germany with special regard to ethnic factors

Scandinavian Audiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-9

  Streppel, Michael ^a,b   Richling, Frank ^a   Walger, Martin ^a   Von Wedel, Hasso ^a   Eckel, Hans E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Etiology; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0033971202     PISSN: 01050397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/010503900424543     Document Type: Article

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