Mutations in the Wolfram syndrome type 1 gene (WFS1) define a clinical entity of dominant low-frequency sensorineural hearing loss

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 411-420

  Lesperance, Marci M ^a,f   Hall III, James W ^b   San Agustin, Theresa B ^c   Leal, Suzanne M ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN WFS 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN SCREENING; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; RISK FACTOR; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037385775     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.129.4.411     Document Type: Article

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