منابع مشابه
Malignant thymoma presenting as sensorineural deafness.
autoimmune disorders, most notably myasthenia gravis (MG) which is seen in up to 40% of cases.1,2 There are also a number of other less common autoimmune disorders associated with thymoma, including hyperexcitability syndromes,3 myositis,1 encephalitis,4 autonomic dysfunction,5 and lupus.6 In 2004 Vernino and Lennon7 reported autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in two patients from the...
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Key words Disease name and synonyms Definition/diagnostic criteria Epidemiology Clinical description Etiology Diagnostic methods Differential diagnosis Genetic counseling Antenatal diagnosis Management including treatment Prognosis Unresolved questions References Abstract The syndrome of Hypoparathyroidism, sensorineural deafness and renal disease (HDR syndrome) is an inherited condition. Patie...
متن کاملScreening for sensorineural deafness by health visitors
Screening for hearing loss in the first year of life, using the distraction test, remains the responsibility of health visitors in most health districts in the United Kingdom. We have evaluated the screening procedure used routinely in one health region in a population of infants at increased risk of sensorineural deafness. They were infants who weighed less than 2000 g at birth or infants who ...
متن کاملMolecular Etiology of Hereditary Single-Side Deafness
Unilateral sensorineural hearing loss (USNHL)/single-side deafness (SSD) is a frequently encountered disability in children. The etiology of a substantial portion of USNHL/SSD still remains unknown, and genetic causes have not been clearly elucidated. In this study, the authors evaluated the heritability of USNHL/SSD.The authors sequentially recruited 50 unrelated children with SSD. For an etio...
متن کاملRecent advances in the treatment of sensorineural deafness.
In the developed world, there are currently more than 100 million people afflicted with hearing loss. In the United States and European Community alone, there are an estimated 21 million people with significant conductive hearing loss, whilst there are over 90 million suffering from moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss. Of these, more than 65 million hearing-impaired persons are withou...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 1996
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-10-2-5