Sex-related hearing impairment in Wolfram syndrome patients identified by inactivating WFS1 mutations

Audiology and Neuro-Otology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-62

  Pennings, Ronald J E ^a   Huygen, Patrick L M ^a   Van Den Ouweland, Jody M W ^b,c   Cryns, Kim ^d   Dikkeschei, Lambert D ^b   Van Camp, Guy ^d   Cremers, Cor W R J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

DFNA6 14; DIDMOAD; Genetic hearing impairment; Sex related difference; WFS1; Wolfram syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; WFS1 GENE; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; SEX FACTORS; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

EID: 0346119137     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074187     Document Type: Article

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