Investigation of auditory dysfunction in Leber hereditary optic neuropathy

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 630-633

  Yu Wai Man, Patrick ^a,b   Elliott, Clive ^c   Griffiths, Philip G ^a,b   Johnson, Ian J ^c   Chinnery, Patrick F ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory neuropathy; Deafness; Hearing loss; Leber hereditary optic neuropathy; Mitochondrial mutations

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EAR INFECTION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NOISE INJURY; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; OTOSCOPY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; TYMPANOMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COCHLEAR NERVE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 51049100417     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.01078.x     Document Type: Article

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