Histopathology of nonsyndromic autosomal dominant midfrequency sensorineural hearing loss

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 601-606

  Bahmad, Fayez ^a,b   O'Malley, Jennifer ^a   Tranebjaerg, Lisbeth ^c,d   Merchant, Saumil N ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Genetic deafness; Sensorineural hearing loss; Temporal bone histopathology

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR CONDUCTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AUDIOMETRY; AUTOPSY; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BONE TISSUE; CASE REPORT; COCHLEA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; DEATH; DENDRITE; DISEASE COURSE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HAIR CELL; HAIR LOSS; HEARING LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNER EAR; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; PEDIGREE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPIRAL LAMINA; STRIA VASCULARIS; TEMPORAL BONE; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; TECTA PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 58149381113     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181778245     Document Type: Article

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