Hearing loss among patients with Turner's syndrome: literature review

INTRODUCTION: Turner's syndrome (TS) is caused by a partial or total deletion of an X chromosome, occurring in 1:2,000 to 1:5,000 live born females. Hearing loss is one of its major clinical manifestations. However, there are few studies investigating this problem. OBJECTIVES: To review th...

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Main Authors: Cresio Alves, Conceição Silva Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942014000300257&lng=en&tlng=en