Hearing impairment in genotyped wolfram syndrome patients

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 494-500

  Plantinga, Rutger F ^a   Pennings, Ronald J E ^a   Huygen, Patrick L M ^a   Bruno, Rocco ^b   Eller, Philipp ^c   Barrett, Timothy G ^d   Vialettes, Bernard ^e   Paquis Fluklinger, Veronique ^f,g   Lombardo, Fortunato ^b   Cremers, Cor W R J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f Archet 2 Hospital

^g CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

DIDMOAD; Hereditary hearing impairment; Sensorineural hearing impairment; WFS1; Wolfram syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BINAURAL HEARING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WOLFRAM SYNDROME; ALEXIA; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALEXIA, PURE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

EID: 51449111476     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940811700704     Document Type: Article

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