Apoptosis in inner ear sensory hair cells
Apoptosis, or controlled cell death, is a normal part of cellular lifespan. Cell death of cochlear hair cells causes deafness; an apoptotic process that is not well understood. Worldwide, 1.3 billion humans suffer some form of hearing loss, while 360 million suffer debilitating hearing loss as a dir...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Otology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1672293017300752 |