Association of family history and consanguinity with permanent hearing impairment

Indian Journal of Otology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 62-65

  Selvarajan, Heramba Ganapathy ^a   Arunachalam, Ravi Kumar ^a   Bellur, Rajashekar ^b   Mandke, Kalyani ^c   Nagarajan, Roopa ^a  

^a SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Mandke Hearing Services   (India)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Family history; Hearing impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING;

EID: 84879775644     PISSN: 09717749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-7749.113510     Document Type: Article

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