Mild and variable audiometric and vestibular features in a third DFNA15 family with a novel mutation in POU4F3

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 313-320

  De Heer, Anne Martine R ^a   Huygen, Patrick L M ^a   Collin, Rob W J ^a   Kremer, Hannie ^a   Cremers, Cor W R J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DFNA15; Genetic hearing impairment; POU4F3; Presbycusis; Transcription factor; Vestibular impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F3 GENE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULAR TEST; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 66249136810     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940911800413     Document Type: Article

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