Intronic variants in the NFKB1 gene may influence hearing forecast in patients with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss in Meniere's disease.

Meniere's disease is an episodic vestibular syndrome associated with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and tinnitus. Patients with MD have an elevated prevalence of several autoimmune diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriasis), which sugg...

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Main Authors: Sonia Cabrera, Elena Sanchez, Teresa Requena, Manuel Martinez-Bueno, Jesus Benitez, Nicolas Perez, Gabriel Trinidad, Andrés Soto-Varela, Sofía Santos-Perez, Eduardo Martin-Sanz, Jesus Fraile, Paz Perez, Marta E Alarcon-Riquelme, Angel Batuecas, Juan M Espinosa-Sanchez, Ismael Aran, Jose A Lopez-Escamez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4232390?pdf=render