Age-related hearing loss in four Italian genetic isolates: An epidemiological study

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 465-472

  Bedin, Elisa ^a   Franzè, Annamaria ^b,c   Zadro, Cristina ^d   Persico, Maria Graziella ^c   Ciullo, Marina ^c   Hladnik, Uros ^f   Dolcetta, Diego ^f   Grasso, Domenico Leonardo ^a   Riccardi, Pasquale ^e   Nutile, Teresa ^c   Andrighetto, Gilberto ^f   D'Adamo, Pio ^a   Gasparini, Paolo ^a,d   Marciano, Elio ^e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^b CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f BIRD Foundation Onlus   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiological study; Genetic isolates; Hearing loss; Paolo Gasparini; Presbyacusis; Pure tone average

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEARING LOSS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTOSCOPY; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350475316     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020902822039     Document Type: Article

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